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Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2010 Jan;48(1):64–71. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3181adcbd3

TABLE 2.

Multivariate Association of Consent to All Physical Measurements (Body Measurements, Saliva, and Blood) on Respondent Demographics, Health Status, Resistance Indicators, and Interviewer Characteristics (weighted; n=7,457).

Covariates Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

Respondent
Demographics
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Age 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.99 (0.98,1.00)
Gender
  Male Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Female 1.14 (0.98,1.32) 1.13 (0.98,1.31) 1.06 (0.90,1.24) 1.05 (0.90,1.23)
Education
  0–11 years Referent Referent Referent Referent
  12 years 1.23 (1.00,1.50) 1.13 (0.92,1.39) 1.14 (0.91,1.43) 1.13 (0.91,1.39)
  13+ years 1.29 (1.03,1.63) 1.15 (0.91,1.45) 1.12 (0.88,1.43) 1.12 (0.88,1.41)
Race
White Referent Referent Referent Referent
Black 0.67 (0.55,0.83) 0.73 (0.59,0.89) 0.83 (0.67,1.03) 0.85 (0.69,1.04)
Other 0.77 (0.57,1.02) 0.78 (0.58,1.04) 0.82 (0.62,1.10) 0.82 (0.61,1.10)
Hispanic
Yes 1.39 (1.01,1.91) 1.52 (1.11,2.07) 1.46 (1.05,2.02) 1.49 (1.05,2.13)
  No Referent Referent Referent Referent
Frequency of religious
service attendance
  At least once/week 1.30 (1.08,1.57) 1.20 (0.99,1.44) 1.19 (0.99,1.43) 1.19 (0.99,1.44)
Less than once/week Referent Referent Referent Referent
Number of eligible
persons in household
One Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Two or more 1.37 (1.14,1.65) 1.34 (1.11,1.61) 1.28 (1.06,1.55) 1.28 (1.06,1.55)
Health Status
Indicators
Perceived health
  Excellent
Referent Referent Referent
  Very good 0.97 (0.75,1.26) 0.96 (0.74,1.25) 0.96 (0.74,1.24)
  Good 0.82 (0.61,1.10) 0.84 (0.63,1.12) 0.84 (0.63,1.13)
  Fair/poor 0.77 (0.57,1.06) 0.79 (0.57,1.09) 0.80 (0.58,1.09)
High blood pressure
  Yes No 0.97 (0.83,1.13) 0.97 (0.83,1.14) 0.97 (0.83,1.14)
Diabetes Referent Referent Referent
Yes
  No 1.27 (1.08,1.50) 1.27 (1.08,1.48) 1.27 (1.09,1.48)
Cancer (excl. skin) Referent Referent Referent
  Yes
  No 1.01 (0.83,1.23) 0.98 (0.80,1.21) 0.98 (0.79,1.21)
Lung disease Referent Referent Referent
  Yes
  No 1.25 (0.98,1.59) 1.22 (0.96,1.56) 1.21 (0.95,1.54)
Heart condition Referent Referent Referent
  Yes
  No 1.01 (0.85,1.21) 0.97 (0.79,1.20) 0.97 (0.80,1.16)
Stroke Referent Referent Referent
  Yes
  No 0.85 (0.65,1.11) 0.81 (0.62,1.06) 0.81 (0.62,1.06)
Arthritis Referent Referent Referent
Yes
  No 1.18 (1.01,1.38) 1.15 (0.98,1.35) 1.14 (0.97,1.34)
Pain limits activities Referent Referent Referent
  Yes
  No 0.97 (0.80,1.17) 0.95 (0.77,1.17) 0.95 (0.77,1.17)
Performs mildly vigorous
activities
Referent Referent Referent
  At least once/week
  1–3 times a month Referent Referent Referent
Hardly ever/never 0.72 (0.54,0.96) 0.73 (0.54,0.97) 0.72 (0.54,0.97)
Reported BMI 0.70 (0.55,0.89) 0.73 (0.57,0.93) 0.73 (0.57,0.94)
  < 18.5
  18.5–24.9 Referent
1.03 (0.57,1.86)
Referent
1.14 (0.62,2.09)
Referent
1.15 (0.62,2.11)
  25.0–29.9 1.06 (0.58,1.93) 1.15 (0.62,2.14) 1.16 (0.62,2.17)
  > 30 1.03 (0.57,1.89) 1.13 (0.61,2.10) 1.14 (0.61,2.12)
  Did not report BMI 0.62 (0.31,1.25) 0.75 (0.36,1.54) 0.75 (0.36,1.55)
Number of functional
limitations (log scale)
0.89 (0.80,1.00) 0.89 (0.79,1.00) 0.88 (0.79,1.00)
Medicare enrollee
  Yes 1.13 (0.92,1.38) 1.09 (0.89,1.35) 1.10 (0.89,1.35)
  No Referent Referent Referent
Number of doctor visits
in past two years
  None Referent Referent Referent
  One or more 1.38 (1.08,1.77) 1.36 (1.04,1.77) 1.37 (1.06,1.76)
Resistance Indicators
Number of contact
attempts in
  2006 wave (log scale) 0.86 (0.74,0.99) 0.86 (0.74,0.99)
  2004 wave (log scale) 0.89 (0.79,1.00) 0.89 (0.80,0.99)
Interview mode (2004)
  Phone 1.00 (0.83,1.21) 1.01 (0.82,1.23)
  Face-to-face Asked
how long interview
would last (2004)
Referent Referent
  Never
  Seldom Referent Referent
  Often 0.87 (0.68,1.12) 0.87 (0.69,1.11)
Asked about
confidentiality (2004)
0.63 (0.40,0.99) 0.63 (0.40,0.98)
Never
  Seldom Referent Referent
  Often 0.72 (0.58,0.90) 0.72 (0.58,0.90)
Respondent cooperation
(2004)
0.53 (0.26,1.08) 0.53 (0.26,1.08)
  Excellent
  Good Referent Referent
0.70 (0.56,0.88) 0.70 (0.56,0.87)
  Fair/poor 0.45 (0.27,0.76) 0.45 (0.27,0.75)
Respondent enjoyment
(2004)
  A great deal Referent Referent
  Quite a bit 1.00 (0.82,1.23) 1.00 (0.82,1.23)
  Some 0.87 (0.68,1.10) 0.87 (0.69,1.10)
  A little/not at all 0.67 (0.52,0.87) 0.67 (0.52,0.86)
Elapsed time prior to
consent request
  First quartile Referent Referent
Second quartile 1.05 (0.83,1.32) 1.06 (0.84,1.33)
Third quartile 1.12 (0.85,1.48) 1.14 (0.86,1.50)
Fourth quartile 1.20 (0.89,1.61) 1.21 (0.90,1.62)
Interviewer
Characteristics
New hire
  Yes 0.87 (0.59,1.29)
  No Referent
Age 0.99 (0.98,1.00)
Gender
  Male Referent
Female 1.45 (0.98,2.14)
Race
  White/other Referent
Black 0.52 (0.39,0.69)
Hispanic
  Yes No 1.01 (0.60,1.71)
Education Referent
  12 years
  13–15 years Referent
  16+ years 1.45 (0.81,2.57)
1.42 (0.82,2.45)
Interviewer variance 1.73 (1.49,2.02) 1.76 (1.51,2.06) 1.74 (1.02,3.00) 1.71 (1.27,2.31)

Bold indicates statistically significant (P < 0.05).