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Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2010 Nov 1;23(2):242–266. doi: 10.1177/0898264310383421

Table 4.

Estimated coefficients from ordered probit models of three summary health measures, SEBAS 2006

	Coefficients			Standardized coefficients
	SAH	IAH	PAH	SAH	IAH	PAH
Socio-demographic variables
Female	-0.003	-0.247^**	0.085	-0.002	-0.123^**	0.042
Age	0.010⁺	0.001	-0.015^**	0.094⁺	0.005	-0.151^**
Perceived social position	0.068^*	0.015	-0.005	0.122^*	0.027	-0.009
Urban	0.176^*	0.254⁺	0.117	0.086^*	0.124⁺	0.057
No. of social activities	0.051⁺	0.092^**	0.039	0.056⁺	0.102^**	0.043
Joint significance [χ²]	13.79^*	18.43^**	28.21^**
Chronic disease
High blood pressure/use of antihypertensive agents	-0.188^*	-0.192⁺	-0.317^**	-0.090^*	-0.092⁺	-0.151^**
Diabetes	-0.331^**	-0.543^**	-0.654^**	-0.124^**	-0.204^**	-0.246^**
Heart disease	-0.312^*	0.018	-0.246^*	-0.116^*	0.007	-0.092^*
Cancer	-1.050^*	-0.899⁺	-0.559	-0.119^*	-0.102⁺	-0.063
Respiratory illness	-0.436^**	-0.211	-0.117	-0.107^**	-0.052	-0.029
Liver	-0.079	-0.173	-0.255^*	-0.022	-0.048	-0.071^*
Kidney disease	-0.011	-0.304⁺	-0.453^**	-0.002	-0.064⁺	-0.095^**
Gout	-0.208⁺	-0.316^*	0.090	-0.057⁺	-0.087^*	0.025
Joint significance [χ²]	41.90^**	56.27^**	127.77^**
Functional limitations
No. of mobility limitations	-0.098^**	-0.149^**	-0.011	-0.217^**	-0.331^**	-0.025
Other Health Indicators
No. of hospital days	-0.015	-0.014⁺	-0.009	-0.084	-0.077⁺	-0.051
Level of pain/discomfort	-0.188^**	-0.062	-0.125^*	-0.161^**	-0.053	-0.108^*
Joint significance [χ²]	14.12^**	3.46	6.92^*
Health Behaviors
Smoke daily in past 6 months	0.140	-0.050	-0.228^*	0.0529	-0.019	-0.086^*
Frequency of relaxation activities	0.041⁺	0.098^**	-0.006	0.064⁺	0.153^**	-0.009
Joint significance [χ²]	5.58⁺	16.33^**	3.93
Psychological well-being
CES-Depression scale	-0.042^**	-0.035^**	-0.006	-0.220^**	-0.185^**	-0.034
Stress index	-0.246^**	-0.028	0.117	-0.087^**	-0.010	0.041
Sleep index	-0.056^**	-0.046^*	-0.025^*	-0.182^**	-0.150^*	-0.081^*
Joint significance [χ²]	77.91^**	27.51^**	7.35⁺
Biomarkers
BMI <= 18.5 (underweight)	0.049	-0.186	-0.491⁺	0.008	-0.030	-0.080⁺
BMI >= 30 (obese)	-0.107	-0.178	-0.345^*	-0.026	-0.044	-0.085^*
Joint significance [χ²]	1.48	2.87	7.23^*
Performance assessment measures
Low peak flow	-0.111	-0.256^**	-0.055	-0.049	-0.114^**	-0.024
Low walking speed	-0.132	-0.245^**	-0.227^*	-0.058	-0.107^**	-0.099^*
Unable to perform chair stand	0.116	-0.556^*	0.021	0.025	-0.121^*	0.005
Joint significance [χ²]	2.83	33.57^**	10.92^*
Results of physical exam
Heart	-0.095	-0.143	-0.900^**	-0.025	-0.038	-0.241^**
Pseudo R-sq	0.163	0.219	0.137	0.163	0.219	0.137
N	848	848	848	848	848	848

Notes: Dependent variable is a 5-point summary health measure that ranges from 5=excellent to 1=poor. Robust standard errors, clustered at the township level, are calculated. χ² is based on Wald tests of joint significance of the preceding set of variables.

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p<0.10,

p<0.05,

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p<.01