Table 4.
Predictors of functional status: The ARIC Study, 1992-2005.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||
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| Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | |
| Intercept | 82.72* | 81.08, 84.37 | 82.75* | 80.72, 84.78 |
| Cancer (vs. cancer-free) | ||||
| Lung | -4.76* | -7.04, -2.47 | -2.36 | -5.16, 0.45 |
| Female Breast | -2.28* | -4.25, -0.31 | -2.46* | -4.88, -0.03 |
| Prostate | 1.88* | 0.19, 3.57 | 3.33* | 1.24, 5.42 |
| Colorectal | -2.55* | -5.02, -0.08 | -2.31 | -5.36, 0.73 |
| Post-event (vs. pre-event)a | ||||
| 5+ years post-event | -5.24* | -5.68, -4.80 | -8.69* | -9.17, -8.20 |
| 1-5 years post-event | -3.16* | -3.43, -2.90 | -5.17* | -5.45, -4.88 |
| Diagnosis-1 year post-event | -3.69* | -3.97, -3.41 | -5.49* | -5.78, -5.20 |
| No Health Insurance (vs. Health Insurance) | -3.58* | -4.80, -2.37 | -4.17* | -5.67, -2.67 |
| Body Mass Index (vs. Normal) | ||||
| Obese | -4.76* | -5.67, -3.84 | -4.88* | -6.01, -3.76 |
| Overweight | -0.47 | -1.27, 0.34 | -0.89 | -1.88, 0.10 |
| Underweight | -4.73* | -8.59, -0.86 | -3.84 | -8.60, 0.92 |
| Smoker (vs. Never) | ||||
| Current | -5.26* | -6.16, -4.37 | -5.37* | -6.48, -4.27 |
| Former | -0.65 | -1.47, 0.17 | -0.30 | -1.31, 0.71 |
| Drinker (vs. Never) | ||||
| Current | -0.64 | -1.56, 0.27 | -1.20* | -2.33, -0.07 |
| Former | -1.30 | -2.37, -0.22 | -1.67* | -3.00, -0.35 |
| Educational Attainment (vs. Vocational, College, Grad school) | ||||
| High School or Less, no degree | -5.57* | -6.52, -4.62 | -5.12* | -6.29, -3.95 |
| High School Graduate | -2.30* | -3.08, -1.52 | -2.53* | -3.49, -1.57 |
| Physical Activity Score | 1.31* | 0.87, 1.74 | 1.25* | 0.71, 1.79 |
| Male (vs. Female) | 3.61* | 2.85, 4.37 | 3.83* | 2.88, 4.77 |
| Race/Community (vs. White/NC) | ||||
| Black/Mississippi | -3.48* | -4.56, -2.39 | -3.71* | -5.05, -2.38 |
| Black/North Carolina | -2.29* | -4.37, -0.21 | -2.53 | -5.09, 0.04 |
| White/Maryland | 1.89* | 0.90, 2.88 | 1.84* | 0.63, 3.06 |
| White/Minnesota | 2.60* | 1.61, 3.59 | 2.73* | 1.51, 3.95 |
| Period, 1992-1999 (vs. 2000-2005) | -0.55* | -0.79, -0.30 | -0.17 | -0.42, 0.09 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | -9.95* | -11.21, -8.68 | -9.51* | -11.07, -7.95 |
| Chronic lung disease | -4.67* | -5.88, -3.47 | -4.65* | -6.13, -3.17 |
| Hypertension | -3.31* | -4.08, -2.55 | -2.93* | -3.87, -1.99 |
| Diabetes | -11.00* | -12.37, -9.62 | -10.81* | -12.49, -9.12 |
| High Cholesterol | -1.26* | -2.09, -0.42 | -1.44* | -2.47, -0.41 |
| Physical Exam (vs. routine physical at least once a year) | ||||
| No routine physical exams | 1.49* | 0.68, 2.31 | 1.59* | 0.59, 2.59 |
| Physical exam at least every 5 years | 1.18* | 0.31, 2.05 | 0.85 | -0.22, 1.92 |
| Age, centered at 65 | -1.15* | -1.20, -1.10 | -1.32* | -1.39, -1.25 |
*
Significant predictors (p<0.05).
a
Each member of the cancer-free group was assigned a random “event” date [25].