TABLE 2—
Odds Ratios of Good Health in Logistic Regressions Predicting Subsequent Mortality for Linguistic and Ethnic Subgroups in 1997–2004 National Health Interview Survey and 1992–2008 Health and Retirement Study for Ages 50 Years and Older: United States
| Variable | Simple Logistic Regression, OR (95% CI) | Multivariate Logistic Regression,a OR (95% CI) |
| English speakers | ||
| HRS (n = 27 636) | 0.28* (0.26, 0.29) | 0.42* (0.39, 0.45) |
| NHIS (n = 100 650) | 0.35* (0.33, 0.36) | 0.46* (0.45, 0.49) |
| Spanish speakers | ||
| HRS (n = 1245) | 0.58* (0.45, 0.75) | 0.92 (0.65, 1.29) |
| NHIS (n = 3656) | 0.51* (0.42, 0.63) | 0.71* (0.56, 0.89) |
| English-speaking Hispanics | ||
| HRS (n = 1325) | 0.35* (0.27, 0.45) | 0.54* (0.38, 0.76) |
| NHIS (n = 6448) | 0.43* (0.37, 0.51) | 0.58* (0.48, 0.71) |
| All Hispanics | ||
| HRS (n = 2543) | 0.44* (0.37, 0.53) | 0.71* (0.55, 0.90) |
| NHIS (n = 12 178) | 0.46* (0.41, 0.51) | 0.63* (0.55, 0.72) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; HRS = Health and Retirement Study; NHIS = National Health Interview Study; OR = odds ratio. All predictors are from the baseline survey.
a
We controlled for age, gender, education, and health condition and used the total number of chronic conditions ranging from 0 to 8 for HRS and an indicator describing whether limited in any way in NHIS.
*P < .01.