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. 2011 Jul 7;40(6):706–711. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr069

Table 2.

Predictorsa of the change in SRH over time [β estimate (SE)] by incident disease status: the ARIC Study (1987–2006)

Disease-free (n = 11,188) Cardiac revascularisation procedure (n = 1,340) Myocardial infarction (n = 1,071) Lung cancer (n = 433) Stroke (n = 809) Heart failure (n = 1,592)
Intercept 87.7 (0.8)* 84.8 (2.2)* 78.5 (2.9)* 79.7 (4.6)* 81.3 (3.4)* 71.2 (2.5)*
Age, centred at 65 −0.5 (0.04)* −0.3 (0.1)* −0.6 (0.1)* −0.3 (0.2) −0.9 (0.1)* −0.3 (0.1)*
Age2 −0.03 (0.002)* −0.02 (0.004)* −0.03 (0.005)* −0.02 (0.01)* −0.03 (0.01)* −0.03 (0.005)*
nINC (vs. High)
 Low −2.3 (0.8)* −5.2 (1.7)* −5.0 (2.3)* 2.0 (5.0) 1.8 (2.1) −0.04 (1.6)
 Medium −1.2 (0.6)* −0.9 (1.3) 1.2 (1.9) 6.2 (3.8) −0.6 (1.9) 0.5 (1.4)
Female (vs. Male) −1.0 (0.3)* −3.7 (1.0)* −1.9 (1.2) −0.6 (1.7) 1.7 (1.3) 0.01 (1.0)
Race/study community (vs. White/MD)
 Black/NC −6.5 (0.9)* −1.3 (2.8) −7.4 (3.5)* −6.1 (5.3) −9.1 (3.7)* −8.0 (2.8)*
 Black/MS −8.7 (0.6)* −3.7 (1.8)* −6.1 (2.0)* −5.5 (2.9) −10.7 (2.2)* −7.5 (1.6)*
 White/NC −0.8 (0.4) −0.6 (1.1) 0.1 (1.6) 1.9 (2.2) −2.1 (2.1) −3.6 (1.4)*
 White/MN 0.1 (0.5) 2.1 (1.3) 4.6 (1.8)* 1.6 (2.6) 2.6 (2.2) 2.4 (1.6)
Hypertensive −4.9 (0.3)* −4.4 (0.9)* −5.6 (1.2)* −2.4 (1.8) −7.9 (1.4)* −4.2 (1.0)*
BMI (vs. Normal)
 Obese −4.8 (0.4)* −6.8 (1.2)* −5.8 (1.5)* −5.4 (2.1)* −7.1 (1.7)* −2.8 (1.3)*
 Overweight −0.7 (0.3)* −2.8 (1.1)* −1.3 (1.4) −1.1 (1.9) −3.6 (1.6)* 0.9 (1.3)
Current smoker −4.0 (0.4)* −3.8 (1.0)* −4.2 (1.2)* −4.7 (1.8)* −7.8 (1.4)* −3.8 (1.0)*
Current drinker 1.6 (0.3)* 3.6 (0.9)* 3.4 (1.2)* 0.9 (1.8) 2.5 (1.4) 2.8 (1.0)*
Educational attainment (vs. Greater than HS)
 Less than HS −9.5 (1.0)* −9.7 (1.3)* −10.3 (1.5)* −11.5 (5.2)* −12.9 (1.7)* −9.5 (1.3)*
 HS or equivalent −3.2 (0.5)* −3.4 (1.0)* −5.0 (1.3)* 4.7 (3.2) −6.0 (1.5)* −3.9 (1.2)*
Contact year −0.3 (0.04)* −0.2 (0.1) 0.1 (0.1) −0.6 (0.2)* 0.1 (0.2) −0.4 (0.1)*
Disease status −1.7 (0.3)* −14.9 (1.1)* −19.5 (1.2)* −44.7 (2.4)* −4.8 (1.3)* −26.3 (1.2)*
1987−92 (vs. 2000−06) −0.6 (0.4) 0.9 (1.1) 1.4 (1.5) −1.3 (2.1) 3.0 (1.3)* 5.0 (1.0)*
1993−99 (vs. 2000−06) −0.01 (0.2) 0.04 (0.7) −0.03 (1.0) −0.8 (1.3) 2.3 (0.7)* 3.2 (0.6)*
Age, centred at 65*1987−92 −0.1 (0.05)* NS NS NS 0.03 (0.2) NS
Age, centred at 65*1993−99 0.05 (0.03) NS NS NS 0.3 (0.1)* NS
Low nINC*Less than HS −3.9 (1.2)* NS NS 1.9 (6.8) NS NS
Low nINC*HS or equivalent −2.7 (0.8)* NS NS −12.4 (5.6)* NS NS
Medium nINC*Less than HS −1.5 (1.2) NS NS −4.6 (6.3) NS NS
Medium nINC*HS or equivalent −0.3 (0.8) NS NS −8.2 (4.6) NS NS
Low nINC*1987−92 2.0 (0.4)* 1.8 (1.3) 3.3 (1.6)* NS NS NS
Low nINC*1993−99 0.6 (0.3) −0.3 (1.0) 2.1 (1.2) NS NS NS
Medium nINC*1987−92 0.4 (0.4) 0.5 (1.1) −0.6 (1.6) NS NS NS
Medium nINC*1993−99 0.3 (0.3) 1.5 (0.8)* 1.0 (1.2) NS NS NS
Contact year*Disease status 0.2 (0.03)* 0.4 (0.1)* −0.6 (0.1)* 0.6 (0.2)* 0.2 (0.1) 0.8 (0.1)*

aSignificant predictors (< 0.05) are indicated with an (*); NS, interaction not significant for this model.