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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 8.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2009 Oct;32(5):551–560. doi: 10.1002/nur.20343

Table 4.

Logistic Regression of Influence of Age and Comorbid Illness as Predictors of Clusters

Cluster Predictor Odds ratio (95% CI) SE p Estimate of variance
Acute symptom cluster Age .956 (.94-.98) .012 <.001
Lung disease 1.21 (.72-2.0) .265 .472
Diabetes .952 (.59-1.5) .248 .841 7.3%
Renal disease .806 (.46-1.4) .290 .458
PVD .771 (.41-1.4) .318 .771

Emotional cluster Age .965 (.95-.98) .009 <.001
Lung disease .754 (.48-1.2) .235 .231
Diabetes .644 (.42-.99) .221 .046 7.4%
Renal disease 1.090 (.65-1.8) .265 .754
PVD .871 (.48-1.6) .301 .646

Chronic symptom cluster Age .969 (.95-.99) .009 .001
Lung disease 1.423 (.90-2.2) .233 .130
Diabetes 1.22 (.80-1.9) .217 .350 5.6%
Renal disease .989 (.59-1.7) .264 .966
PVD 1.080 (.61-.99) .295 .793

PVD = peripheral vascular disease

Estimate of variance = Nagelkerke R2

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