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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 4.

Baseline and Changes in Social Support Measures as Predictors of Carotenoid Change

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P Coef. SE t P
Age 0.00 0.01 −0.34 0.73 0.00 0.01 −0.21 0.83 0.00 0.01 −0.35 0.72 0.00 0.01 −0.34 0.73
Change in Body Mass Index 0.01 0.03 0.31 0.76 0.01 0.03 0.30 0.76 0.03 0.03 0.85 0.40 0.02 0.03 0.71 0.48
Satisfaction with Income 0.02 0.02 0.96 0.34 0.01 0.02 0.73 0.46 0.02 0.02 1.04 0.30 0.01 0.02 0.58 0.57
Baseline Satisfaction with −0.03 0.02 −1.14 0.26
Perceived Help
Change Sat. with Perceived Help (Same)
 Decrease 0.25 0.12 2.08 0.04 **
 Increase −0.19 0.14 −1.36 0.17
Baseline Help Shopping/Meals 0.05 0.14 0.34 0.74
Baseline Help Shopping/Meals
 Decrease −0.08 0.14 −0.53 0.60
 Increase −0.02 0.13 −0.15 0.88
Baseline Confidant −0.64 0.36 −1.79 0.08 *
Change have Confidant (Same)
 Increase −0.64 0.41 −1.55 0.12
Baseline Need Emotional Support (none)
 A little more 0.01 0.26 0.04 0.97
 Some more −0.11 0.24 −0.47 0.64
 A lot more −0.35 0.21 −1.65 0.10
Change Need Emotional Support (Same)
 Decrease 0.04 0.16 0.27 0.79
 Increase 0.05 0.22 0.22 0.83
Baseline Freq Talking on Phone −0.04 0.04 −1.16 0.25
Change Freq. Talking on Phone (Same)
 Decrease 0.02 0.12 0.15 0.88
 Increase −0.33 0.13 −2.48 0.01 **
Baseline Freq. of Activities −0.02 0.02 −0.89 0.37
Change in Freq. of Activities (Same)
 Decrease −0.04 0.13 −0.33 0.74
 Increase 0.22 0.12 1.92 0.06 *
Baseline Freq. Leave Neighborhood 0.03 0.03 0.84 0.40
Change Freq. Leave Neighborhood (Same)
 Decrease −0.07 0.12 −0.54 0.59
 Increase −0.05 0.12 −0.41 0.68
Baseline Freq. Leave House −0.02 0.03 −0.67 0.50
Change Freq. Leave House (Same)
 Decrease −0.23 0.13 −1.73 0.09**
 Increase 0.12 0.12 1.01 0.32
Household Living Situation (Not Married, Live Alone)
 Married, 2 people in home 0.15 0.14 1.06 0.29
 Married, more than 2 people in home −0.20 0.19 −1.06 0.29
 Not Married, 2 or more people in home 0.05 0.12 0.47 0.64

Note:

*

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

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