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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun 24;61(7):1103–1110. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12327

Table 2.

Adjusted Mean Physical HRQL Scores among DISTANCE Survey Respondents Aged 60 Years and Older (N=6,096)

Model 1* P-value Model 2** P-value Model 3*** P-value Model 4**** P-value
White 42.9 (42.6-
43.2)
- 42.8 (42.2-
43.5)
- 43.4 (42.6
-44.1)
- 43.7 (43.0-
44.4)
-
Black 44.2 (43.3-
45.1)
0.04 44.8 (43.7-
45.8)
<.001 45.7 (44.6-
46.9)
<.001 45.8 (44.8-
46.9)
<.001
Hispanic 45.1 (44.2-
46.0)
<.001 45.7 (44.6-
46.7)
<.001 46.0 (44.9-
47.1)
<.001 46.1 (45.1-
47.2)
<.001
Asian 48.1 (46.8-
49.3)
<.001 47.1 (45.8-
48.5)
<.001 47.8 (46.4-
49.2)
<.001 46.4 (45.1-
47.7)
<.001
Filipino 48.3 (47.0-
49.6)
<.001 46.3 (44.7-
47.8)
<.001 47.3 (45.7-
48.9)
<.001 46.4 (44.9-
47.9)
<.001
Multiethnic 42.8 (42.0-
43.7)
1.00 43.5 (42.5-
44.5)
0.70 44.1 (43.0-
45.1)
0.57 43.8 (42.8-
44.8)
1.00
*

Adjusted for age and gender

**

Adjusted for age, gender, socioeconomic status (marital status, education, income), acculturation (birthplace and English proficiency)

***

Adjusted for age, gender, socioeconomic status, acculturation, health behaviors (alcohol use, smoking history and physical activity)

****

Adjusted for age, gender, socioeconomic status, acculturation, health behaviors, diabetes complications (heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, end-stage renal disease, amputation, blindness, foot ulcer, neuropathy), and geriatric conditions (fall history, underweight, chronic pain, depression, incontinence)