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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Mar 25;61(4):519–524. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12166

Table 3.

Relationship Between GVRS Components^ and Odds of Successful Aging – No Decline*

Component OR (95% C.I.) p-value
Age (per year) 0.95 (0.94-0.97) <0.0001
Men 1.06 (0.77-1.46) 0.74
Race-ethnicity
    Hispanic 1.59 (0.94-2.70) 0.08
    Black 1.26 (0.75-2.13) 0.38
    White reference --
Moderate alcohol consumption 1.13 (0.84-1.52) 0.44
Current smoker 0.99 (0.72-1.37) 0.97
Former smoker 1.10 (0.73-1.65) 0.65
Never smoker reference --
Moderate or heavy physical activity 0.90 (0.47-1.75) 0.77
    Among men 1.28 (0.49-3.38) 0.61
Waist circumference (per inch) 1.02 (0.99-1.05) 0.15
History of leg pain or arterial disease 0.39 (0.25-0.61) <0.0001
Systolic blood pressure (per 10 mmHg) 1.05 (0.96-1.16) 0.29
Interaction between diastolic blood pressure (per 10 mmHg) and 1.06 (0.89-1.27) 0.52
    anti-hypertensive medication use 0.94 (0.91-0.98) 0.003
Glucose (per 10 mg/dL) 0.99 (0.95-1.03) 0.67
Total cholesterol to HDL ratio 1.00 (0.91-1.12) 0.86
^

All GVRS components from validated vascular risk prediction model are included [9].

*

Multivariable model further adjusted for education, health insurance status, and time between baseline and follow-up cognitive testing.