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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 3.

Changes in 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 −0.29 0.77 0.00 0.01 −0.35 0.72 0.00 0.01 −0.19 0.85 0.00 0.01 −0.52 0.60 0.00 0.01 −0.21 0.84
Change in Body Mass Index 0.01 0.03 0.41 0.68 0.02 0.03 0.69 0.49 0.02 0.03 0.70 0.48 0.02 0.03 0.69 0.49 0.02 0.03 0.62 0.53
Satisfaction with Income 0.01 0.02 0.72 0.48 0.01 0.02 0.55 0.58 0.01 0.02 0.77 0.44 0.01 0.02 0.64 0.52 0.01 0.02 0.34 0.73
Change Sat. with Perceived Help (Same)
 Decrease 0.25 0.12 2.12 0.04 ** 0.31 0.12 2.51 0.01 **
 Increase −0.11 0.12 −0.91 0.36 −0.04 0.12 −0.31 0.76
Change Help Shopping/Meals (Same)
 Decrease −0.04 0.11 −0.40 0.69 −0.04 0.12 −0.35 0.73
 Increase −0.03 0.12 −0.25 0.80 0.04 0.13 0.28 0.78
Change have Confidant (Same)
 Increase −0.02 0.22 −0.10 0.92 0.01 0.22 0.04 0.97
Change Need Emotional Support (Same)
 Decrease 0.03 0.15 0.21 0.83 0.04 0.15 0.27 0.78
 Increase −0.12 0.13 −0.89 0.38 −0.14 0.14 −1.00 0.32
Change Freq. Talking on Phone (Same)
 Decrease 0.03 0.12 0.28 0.78 0.07 0.13 0.53 0.59
 Increase −0.24 0.11 −2.11 0.04** −0.27 0.12 −2.26 0.03**
Change in Freq. of Activities (Same)
 Decrease −0.10 0.12 −0.89 0.38 −0.11 0.12 −0.95 0.34
 Increase 0.20 0.12 1.71 0.09* 0.18 0.12 1.45 0.15
Change Freq. Leave Neighborhood (Same)
 Decrease −0.03 0.11 −0.27 0.79 0.01 0.12 0.12 0.90
 Increase −0.07 0.12 −0.61 0.54 −0.14 0.13 −1.14 0.25
Change Freq. Leave House (Same)
 Decrease −0.25 0.12 −2.11 0.04** −0.31 0.12 −2.51 0.01 **
 Increase 0.13 0.12 1.11 0.27 0.13 0.12 1.07 0.29
Household Living Situation (Not Married, Live Alone)
Married, 2 people in home 0.15 0.13 1.09 0.28 0.11 0.14 0.78 0.44
Married, more than 2 people in home −0.21 0.19 −1.08 0.28 −0.16 0.20 −0.81 0.42
Not Married, 2 or more people in home 0.04 0.11 0.35 0.73 0.02 0.12 0.15 0.88

Note:

*

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

Freq. indicates “Frequency”, Sat. indicates “Satisfaction”