Table 2. Likelihood of Being in the Lowest Quintile of HALex^a Scores, Participants Aged 65 Years or Older, National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2010.

Covariate	Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)	P Value
Age	1.05 (1.04–1.05)	<.001
Body mass index	1.03 (1.02–1.04)	<.001
Female vs male	1.14 (1.02–1.27)	.026
Uninsured vs insured	0.99 (0.56–1.74)	.96
Employed vs unemployed	0.07 (0.04–0.14)	<.001
Race
Black vs non-Hispanic white	1.24 (1.09–1.42)	.002
Hispanic vs non-Hispanic white	1.21 (1.02–1.43)	.03
Other vs non-Hispanic white	1.22 (0.91–1.64)	.19
Education
High school degree vs more than high school degree	1.08 (0.93–1.24)	.31
Less than high school degree vs more than high school degree	1.65 (1.46–1.87)	<.001
Smoking status
Current smoker vs nonsmoker	1.59 (1.34–1.89)	<.001
Former smoker vs nonsmoker	1.46 (1.30–1.65)	<.001
Use of alcohol
Current drinker vs nondrinker	0.32 (0.28–0.38)	<.001
Former drinker vs nondrinker	1.01 (0.90–1.14)	.88
Does not meet physical activity recommendations of Healthy People 2010 vs does meet recommendations	9.56 (7.20–12.68)	<.001
Region
West vs South	0.92 (0.79–1.08)	.32
Midwest vs South	0.64 (0.56–0.73)	<.001
Northeast vs South	0.66 (0.57–0.76)	<.001

^a Health and Activities Limitations Index (14).