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Published in final edited form as: J Health Soc Behav. 2013 May 6;54(2):183–203. doi: 10.1177/0022146513485244

Table 3.

Social Isolation and Inflammation: Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval).

Sex and Age	Crp		Fibrinogen		Serum Albumin		Inflammation Index

	Model 1^a	Model 2^b	Model 1^a	Model 2^b	Model 1^a	Model 2^b	Model 1^a	Model 2^b
Men
All ages	1.58^*	1.29	1.94^***	1.68^**	1.03	.93	1.47^**	1.28
All ages	(1.02–2.46)	(.82–2.04)	(1.44–2.62)	(1.21–2.30)	(.77–1.36)	(.70–1.24)	(1.13–1.92)	(.99–1.67)
Age 40–64 years	1.52	1.22	1.86^**	1.56^*	.94	.80	1.35	1.12
Age 40–64 years	(.80–2.92)	(.61–2.44)	(1.21–2.87)	(1.00–2.45)	(.63–1.40)	(.53–1.21)	(.95–1.92)	(.79–1.60)
Age ≥ 65 years	1.67	1.42	2.06^***	1.88^**	1.19	1.11	1.74^**	1.59^*
Age ≥ 65 years	(.97–2.86)	(.82–2.46)	(1.41–3.03)	(1.27–2.81)	(.81–1.74)	(.75–1.66)	(1.20–2.53)	(1.07–2.34)
Women
All ages	1.01	.81	1.38^*	1.17	.88	.84	1.08	.95
All ages	(.71–1.43)	(.56–1.17)	(1.08–1.78)	(.90–1.53)	(.69–1.13)	(.65–1.08)	(.85–1.39)	(.73–1.23)
Age 40–64 years	1.14	.84	1.44^*	.82	.76	1.04	1.11	.85
Age 40–64 years	(.72–1.80)	(.51–1.38)	(1.01–2.06)	(.75–1.62)	(.58–1.15)	(.53–1.09)	(.74–1.46)	(.60–1.21)
Age ≥ 65 years	.82	.75	1.30	1.21	1.00	.95	1.16	1.07
Age ≥ 65 years	(.49–1.36)	(.42–1.35)	(.93–1.83)	(.84–1.73)	(.71–1.40)	(.66–1.37)	(.82–1.65)	(.73–1.56)

Controls for age (for all-ages sample) and race-ethnicity.

Controls for age (for all-ages sample), race-ethnicity, education, family income, smoking, drinking, physical activity, BMI, chronic conditions, and self-rated health.

p < .05,

^**

p < .01, and

^***

p < .001 (two-tailed tests).