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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2014 Jun 14;40(2):331–360. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00676.x

Table A-6.

Subscores for biomarker clusters: coefficients from models predicting mortality using social and demographic characteristics, self-reported indicators of health status, and biomarker subscores

Model 7a Model 7b Model 7c Model 7d Model 7e
Age slope (γ)a
  Age 0.08*** 0.07*** 0.08*** 0.05* 0.05*
  Age × Perceived social support 0.04*** 0.05*** 0.05*** 0.05*** 0.04***
  Age × Current smoker 0.12** 0.14** 0.11* 0.11* 0.14**
Female −0.69* −0.54 −0.78* −0.46 −0.71*
Mainlander −0.60* −0.64* −0.60* −0.67* −0.65*
Urban resident −0.03 −0.07 0.02 0.03 −0.07
Educationb 0.12 0.19 0.11 0.17 0.19
Social integrationb −0.10 −0.14 −0.09 −0.10 −0.10
Perceived social supportb −0.20 −0.16 −0.20 −0.21 −0.19
Self-assessed health statusb 0.34* 0.37** 0.38** 0.38** 0.30*
Index of mobility limitationsb −0.00 0.23 0.39 0.30 0.02
History of diabetes 0.06 0.17 0.29 0.41 0.06
History of cancer 0.30*** 0.27*** 0.27*** 0.25*** 0.24***
Number of hospitalizationsb 0.06 0.05 0.11 0.14 0.05
Former smoker −2.08* −2.71** −1.99* −2.10* −2.67**
Current smoker −0.20 −0.16 −0.20 −0.21 −0.19
Cardiovascular/metabolic subscore in 2006b 0.36** 0.30*
Change (2006 – 2000) in cardiovascular/metabolic subscoreb −0.26* −0.21
Inflammation subscore in 2006b 0.49*** 0.34**
Change (2006 – 2000) in inflammation subscoreb −0.14 −0.06
Neuroendocrine subscore in 2006b 0.19 0.24
Change (2006 – 2000) in neuroendocrine subscoreb −0.06 −0.19
Other markers subscore in 2006b 0.50*** 0.41**
Change (2006 – 2000) in other markers subscoreb −0.15 −0.14
Interceptc −4.71*** −4.76*** −4.76*** −4.53*** −4.26***
AUC 0.824 0.833 0.823 0.824 0.846
Change in AUC (vs. Model 1) 0.007 0.016 0.006 0.007 0.029*
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001

a

The age slope (γ) represents the exponential increase in the mortality rate per year of age.

b

This variable was standardized (Mean=0, SD=1) prior to fitting the model; so, the coefficient represents the effect per SD of the specified variable.

c

Time was measured in terms of years after age 60. Thus, the intercept represents the mortality rate at age 60.