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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2007 Nov-Dec;31(6):563–572. doi: 10.5555/ajhb.2007.31.6.563

Table 4.

Binary Logistic Regression Predicting Health Outcomes using Helpless Inevitability after controlling for other variables

Dependent Variable (0=no, 1=yes) Odds Ratioa
Healthcare Utilization
Primary Care Doctor 0.957
Seen Doctor in past year 1.009
Health Behaviors
Current Smoker 1.076
Weight Control 0.993
Chronic Illness
Hypertension 1.024
High cholesterol 1.094*
Diabetes 1.047
Obesity 1.022
a

The odds ratio for helpless inevitability after controlling for age, gender, race, income and education

*

Tests the hypothesis that the odds ratio is equal to 1.0, p ≤ .001