Table 3.

Weighted Ordinary Least-Squares Coefficients for Natural Logged C-Reactive Protein Among Older Women and Men by Age 57–74 and Age 75–85

	Model 1a	Model 1b	Model 1c	Model 1d	Model 2a	Model 2b	Model 2c	Model 2d	Model 3a	Model 3b	Model 3c	Model 3d
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	Ages 57–74	Ages 57–74	Ages 75–85	Ages 75–85	Ages 57–74	Ages 57–74	Ages 75–85	Ages 75–85	Ages 57–74	Ages 57–74	Ages 75–85	Ages 75–85
Race/ethnicity
White non-Hispanic (reference)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Black non-Hispanic	0.353**	0.407**	0.170	0.018	0.308*	0.322*	0.193	−0.006	0.210†	0.356 *	−0.017	−0.033
Hispanic	−0.221	−0.214	0.365	0.347	−0.303†	−0.340*	0.328	0.274	−0.306†	−0.226	0.260	0.279
Age	0.000	−0.017†	−0.044†	0.043†	−0.004	−0.021*	−0.044*	0.045†	0.009	−0.007	−0.043*	0.053*
Education
Less than high school (reference)					–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
High school/general education diploma					−0.300*	−0.286*	−0.025	0.321	−0.239†	−0.209	−0.063	0.232
Some college/associate's degree					0.026	−0.307*	−0.337	0.110	0.074	−0.248	−0.347	0.076
College degree					−0.351†	−0.219	−0.214	−0.041	−0.311	−0.111	−0.196	−0.031
Professional degree					−0.316	−0.456*	−0.843*	−0.442	0.028	−0.264	−0.700†	−0.409
Income quintile
1 (reference)					–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2					0.144	0.209	0.295	−0.168	0.048	0.134	0.265	−0.146
3					0.103	0.183	0.062	−0.187	0.059	0.121	0.044	−0.197
4					−0.002	0.092	−0.004	−0.690 *	0.024	0.063	−0.028	−0.581
5					−0.006	−0.102	−0.337	−0.397	0.052	−0.108	−0.309	−0.367
Body mass index									0.076***	0.048***	0.045***	0.059***
Smoking
Never (reference)									–	–	–	–
Former									0.112	0.251*	0.033	0.236
Current									0.283*	0.710***	0.032	0.105
Exercise
Once a week or less (reference)									–	–	–	–
1–2 times/week									–0.148*	0.049	−0.334	0.097
3+ times/week									−0.280	−0.289*	−0.194	−0.254
Constant	1.209	1.741*	3.928*	−3.069	1.597*	2.096**	3.964*	−2.960	−1.611†	−0.466	2.927†	−5.196*
N	597	622	306	232	597	622	306	232	597	622	306	232
F statistic	2.99***	12.55***	3.07***	2.15**	2.49***	3.82**	2.76***	2.28***	4.78***	6.14***	3.1***	3.55***

Notes. Sources: Data are from National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). Significance levels for two-tailed tests of coefficients: †p < .1. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001. All models control for self-reported hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, cardiac arrest, heart surgery, arthritis, chronic pulmonary disease/emphysema, asthma, stroke, and general self-assessed health. They also include controls for the following drugs: cholesterol absorption inhibitor medication, combination antihyperlipidemic medication, estrogens, progestin, nonsteroidal antiinflammatories, steroids, and antidepressants. Weights adjust for differential probabilities of selection and for nonresponse.