Table 2.

Nested Logistic Regression Results Showing Changes in Adjusted Relative Risk (ARR) of Major Decline or Death for Low, Moderate and High vs. Minimal LQRRS (N=6653).

		ARR by LQRRS (95% Confidence Intervals)
Nested Models of Major Decline/Death as of 2000		Minimal LQRRS Tracts N=3333	Low LQRRS Tracts n=2242	Moderate LQRRS Tracts n=562	High LQRRS Tracts n=516
1	Unadjusted	Referent	1.32*** (1.16–1.49)	1.86*** (1.63–2.10)	1.69*** (1.45–1.95)
2	Demographicsa	Referent	1.25*** (1.10–1.42)	1.57*** (1.31–1.86)	1.37** (1.12–1.66)
3	Demographics, SESb	Referent	1.10 (0.96–1.26)	1.36** (1.12–1.64)	1.19 (0.95–1.46)
4	Demographics, SES, Health Statusc	Referent	1.08 (0.93–1.25)	1.31* (1.07–1.59)	1.11 (0.88–1.37)
5	Demographics, SES, Health Status, Health Behaviorsd	Referent	1.07 (0.92–1.23)	1.31* (1.07–1.59)	1.08 (0.86–1.36)

Notes. All statistical tests are compared to the referent group (Minimal LQRRS).

^aDemographic variables include age, sex, racial/ethnic group.

^bSES (socioeconomic status) variables include educational attainment, insurance status, income-to-needs ratio (total household income divided by the poverty guideline for a given size household) and net worth in quintiles (see methods section for details) as of the 1992 interview.

^cHealth status variables include: self-rated health (at baseline), self-rated health at baseline (as opposed to prior year), chronic diseases, and functional limitation.

^dHealth behavior variables include the following, as of the respondents’ 1992 interview: smoking status, alcohol consumption pattern, CAGE score, and body mass index.

^*= p < 0.05;

^**= p < 0.01;

^***= p < 0.001