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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Health Aging. 2012;16(6):511–518. doi: 10.1007/s12603-012-0031-2

Table 2.

Baseline Measures of Social Support as Predictors of Carotenoid Change

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Combined Model
Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P
Age 0.00 0.01 −0.47 0.64 0.00 0.01 −0.43 0.67 0.00 0.01 −0.50 0.61 0.00 0.01 −0.48 0.63 0.00 0.01 −0.30 0.77
Change in Body Mass Index 0.02 0.03 0.56 0.58 0.01 0.03 0.36 0.72 0.02 0.03 0.66 0.51 0.02 0.03 0.77 0.44 0.02 0.03 0.66 0.51
Satisfaction with Income 0.01 0.02 0.75 0.45 0.01 0.02 0.77 0.44 0.02 0.02 1.06 0.29 0.02 0.02 0.86 0.39 0.02 0.02 1.05 0.30
Satisfaction with Perceived
Help 0.00 0.02 0.14 0.89 0.00 0.02 0.21 0.84
Has Help with Meals/Shopping −0.02 0.10 −0.25 0.81 −0.04 0.10 −0.42 0.68
Has Confidant −0.25 0.18 −1.36 0.18 −0.24 0.19 −1.30 0.19
Need Emotional Support (none)
 A little more 0.00 0.21 0.01 0.99 0.04 0.22 0.18 0.86
 Some more −0.05 0.17 −0.31 0.75 0.06 0.18 0.35 0.73
 A lot more −0.24 0.15 −1.59 0.11 −0.21 0.16 −1.35 0.18
Frequency Talking on Phone 0.01 0.03 0.42 0.68 0.01 0.03 0.41 0.68
Frequency Going to Activities −0.03 0.02 −1.42 0.16 −0.04 0.02 −1.80 0.07 *
Frequency Leaving Neighborhood 0.02 0.03 0.86 0.39 0.05 0.03 1.48 0.14
Frequency Leaving House −0.05 0.02 −2.26 0.02 ** −0.05 0.02 −2.20 0.03 **
Household Living Situation (Not Married, Live Alone)
 Married, 2 people in home 0.16 0.14 1.16 0.25 0.15 0.14 1.10 0.27
 Married, more than 2 people in home −0.16 0.19 −0.84 0.40 −0.19 0.20 −0.96 0.34
 Not Married, 2 or more people in home 0.05 0.12 0.44 0.66 0.05 0.12 0.43 0.67

Note:

*

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05