Table 2.

Subjective Social Status is Associated with 4-year Functional Decline and/or Death after Serial Adjustment for Sociodemographics, Baseline Health Status and Baseline Functional Status

Sequential adjustment	Low SSS (N = 216)	Middle SSS (N = 1645)	High SSS (N = 662)
Proportion	50.1%	28.4%	26.2%
Unadjusted, RR (95% CI)	1.91 (1.49, 2.46)	1.08 (0.90, 1.29)	1
Adjusted for demographics, RR (95% CI) (age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status)	1.97 (1.52, 2.55)	1.14 (0.96, 1.34)	1
Adjusted for sociodemographics, RR (95% CI) (age, gender, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, income, net worth)	1.62 (1.25, 2.10)	1.06 (0.90, 1.25)	1
Adjusted for sociodemographics, health status* and functional status†, RR (95% CI)	1.36 (1.08, 1.73)	1.07 (0.92, 1.24)	1
Adjusted for sociodemographics, health status*, functional status†, and self-rated health, RR (95% CI)	1.29 (1.03, 1.67)	1.06 (0.91, 1.24)	1

^*Health status based on co-morbidities including hypertension, diabetes, cancer, lung disease, heart conditions, stroke

^†Functional status based on having difficulty in any Activity of Daily Living or mobility at baseline