Table 5.

Odds Ratios for Regression Models of Marital Biography on Biological Risk Among Women (N = 528)

	Cardiovascular Risk			Metabolic Risk			Inflammation Riska
Variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8	Model 9
Remarried 1 disruption	0.89	0.93	0.93	0.89	0.92	0.90	0.75	0.78	0.69
Remarried 2+ disruptions	1.40f	1.32	1.40†	0.77	0.81	0.88	0.66	0.62	0.65
Previously married 1 disruption	1.0†	1.06	1.12	1.22	1.18	1.14	0.64	0.60	0.56
Previously married 2+ disruptions	1.12	1.06	1.13	1.41*	1.39*	1.44*	0.88	0.87	0.80
Age at first marriage	0.99	1.00	1.00	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.97	0.98	0.97
Decades married	0.87*	0.86**	0.87*	0.93	0.93	0.93†	0.89	0.90	0.89
Black		1.00	1.01		1 44**	1.32*		2.10*	1.70†
Hispanic		0.58†	0.58†		1.37*	1.34*		0.89	0.88
Other race		1.12	1.19		1.02	0.99		1.56	1.47
High school degree		1.01	0.94		1.05	1.07		0.86	0.89
Associate’s degree		0.76	0.74		0.90	0.95		1.28	1.52
Bachelor’s degree		0.80	0.78		0.96	1.09		0.37†	0.55
Master’ s-plus degree		0.68	0.64†		0.73	0.90		0.69	1.16
Religious attendance		0.96	0.98		1.02	1.02		1.00	1.01
Former smoker			0.87			1.18			1.21
Current smoker			0.84			0.89			1.57
Heavy drinker			1.58**			0.60**			0.48
Light drinker			1.20			0.74*			0.61†
Light physical activity			1.47**			1.41**			2.35**
Moderate physical activity			1.37*			1.19			1.12
Constant	0.23	0.43	0.18	0.04	−0.06	−0.05	0.32	0.20	0.17
Log likelihoodb	−568.40	−562.60	−556.70†	−568.10	−558.20*	−551.70*	−311.20	−304.80	−298.40*

Note: Each marital group is compared to the continuously married.

^aLogistic regression models were used for inflammation risk. Those with C-reactive protein values of 3.1 -l0 mg/L were compared to those 0–3.09 mg/L.

^bLikelihood ratio tests were performed on nested models and show if a model differed from the previous model.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01 (two-tailed).