Table 4.
Multilevel Logistic Regressions of Ill Health After SCI
| Ill Health* |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Model IIa | Model IIb | Model IIc |
| Intercept (γ00) | 0.47 (0.35–0.62) | 0.54 (0.40–0.74) | 0.46 (0.33–0.65) |
| Community-level predictors | |||
| SES (γ01) | 0.96 (0.93–0.99)† | 0.97 (0.94–0.99)† | 0.98 (0.95–1.01) |
| Individual-level predictors | |||
| Injury characteristics | |||
| Complete paraplegia‡ | 0.87 (0.62–1.23) | NA | NA |
| Complete tetraplegia‡ | 0.75 (0.51–1.09) | NA | NA |
| Incomplete tetraplegia‡ | 1.04 (0.68–1.59) | NA | NA |
| Age at injury | 1.02 (1.01–1.03)§ | NA | NA |
| Injury duration | 1.00 (0.99–1.03) | NA | NA |
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Hispanic∥ | NA | 1.19 (0.60–2.34) | NA |
| Black∥ | NA | 1.25 (0.95–1.64) | NA |
| Other ethnicity∥ | NA | 4.02 (1.29–12.53)† | NA |
| Man (vs woman) | NA | 0.64 (0.46–0.89)¶ | NA |
| Single# | NA | 1.10 (0.77–1.56) | NA |
| Divorced/widowed/separated# | NA | 1.49 (1.14–1.95)¶ | NA |
| SES characteristics | |||
| Low education** | NA | NA | 1.70 (1.16–2.48)¶ |
| Moderate education** | NA | NA | 1.08 (0.75–1.55) |
| Employed (vs not) | NA | NA | 0.33 (0.23–0.47)§ |
| Between-community variation | |||
| Intercept (τ00) | 0.12† | 0.12† | 0.08 |
NOTE. Values expressed as odds ratio (95% confidence interval) unless noted otherwise.
Abbreviations: γ00, random intercept; γ01, risk for each outcome; NA, not applicable.
*
Omitted reference group is good health.
†
P<.05.
‡
Omitted reference group is incomplete paraplegia.
§
P<.001.
∥
Omitted reference group is non-Hispanic white.
¶
P<.01.
#
Omitted reference group is married.
**
Omitted reference group is high education.