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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 29.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Jun 24;116:64–72. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.040

Table 3.

Fully Adjusted Logistic Model Results for Individual Chronic Diseases (N = 6672)

Hypertension Diabetes Lung Heart Stroke Arthritis
Pre-Boomer Cohort 0.74***
(0.66 – 0.85)
0.55***
(0.46 – 0.66)
0.96 0.82*
(0.67 – 0.99)
0.59**
(0.39 – 0.88)
0.74***
(0.66 – 0.85)
Marital Status
    Divorced/Separated 1.22*
(1.02 – 1.45)
1.32*
(1.02 – 1.71)
1.59 1.23
(0.96 – 1.58)
1.31
(0.80 – 2.12)
1.29**
(1.08 – 1.54)
    Widowed 1.36*
(1.07 – 1.72)
1.33
(0.98 – 1.81)
2.48** 1.00
(0.73 – 1.37)
1.32
(0.69 – 2.52)
1.08
(0.85 – 1.37)
    Never Married 1.32
(0.91 – 1.91)
1.22
(0.73 – 2.05)
2.67* 1.44
(0.86 – 2.41)
1.50
(0.48 – 4.66)
1.48*
(1.04 – 2.10)
Marital Status by
Cohort
    Divorced/Separated
Pre-Boomer
--- --- 1.02 --- --- ---
    Widowed Pre-
Boomer
--- --- 0.60 --- --- ---
    Never Married Pre-
Boomer
--- --- 0.28* --- --- ---
Age 1.05 ***
(1.02 – 1.07)
1.08***
(1.04 – 1.11)
1.04
(1.00 – 1.09)
1.05**
(1.02 – 1.09)
1.09*
(1.01 – 1.18)
1.09***
(1.07 – 1.12)
Education
    No Degree 1.30**
(1.10 – 1.53)
1.72***
(1.37 – 2.17)
1.75 ***
(1.34 – 2.30)
1.36 *
(1.07 – 1.72)
1.59*
(1.03 – 2.45)
1.59***
(1.35 – 1.87)
    GED 0.86
(0.63 – 1.17)
0.76
(0.48 – 1.22)
0.77
(0.41 – 1.45)
0.70
(0.42 – 1.16)
0.21*
(0.59 – 0.71)
0.88
(0.66 – 1.18)
    2-Year College 0.78*
(0.63 – 0.98)
0.61*
(0.41 – 0.90)
0.68
(0.42 – 1.09)
0.51 **
(0.34 – 0.79)
0.32**
(0.14 – 0.73)
0.86
(0.69 – 1.06)
    4-Year College 0.68**
(0.52 – 0.89)
0.47**
(0.28 – 0.78)
0.25 ***
(0.13 – 0.50)
0.47 **
(0.27 – 0.82)
0.67
(0.22 – 2.12)
0.65**
(0.50 – 0.85)
    Professional Degree 0.71
(0.36 – 1.41)
0.41
(0.11 – 1.54)
1.16
(0.27 – 5.04)
0.55
(0.13 – 2.34)
0.00***
(0.00 – 0.00)
0.60
(0.31 – 1.16)
Race
    Other 1.27*
(1.03 – 1.58)
1.59**
(1.17 – 2.16)
0.49 **
(0.32 – 0.77)
0.94
(0.66 – 1.34)
1.12
(0.56 – 2.22)
0.78*
(0.63 – 0.97)
    Hispanic Only 1.19
(0.74 – 1.90)
1.60
(0.89 – 2.89)
0.67
(0.29 – 1.54)
0.28**
(0.12 – 0.69)
1.43
(0.45 – 4.58)
0.60
(0.36 – 1.00)
    Black non-Hispanic 2.60***
(2.17 – 3.11)
1.92***
(1.51 – 2.43)
0.64 **
(0.46 – 0.89)
1.40**
(1.12 – 1.76)
2.43***
(1.49 – 3.95)
1.07
(0.90 – 1.28)
Number of Marriages 0.95
(0.86 – 1.05)
1.00
(0.86 – 1.16)
1.46 ***
(1.27 – 1.68)
1.29***
(1.12 – 1.48)
1.33*
(1.06 – 1.69)
1.21***
(1.10 – 1.33)
Length of Marital
Status
1.10
(0.85 – 1.42)
1.03
(0.75 – 1.43)
1.20
(0.80 – 1.80)
1.20
(0.81 – 1.78)
0.68
(0.33 – 1.41)
1.10
(0.86 – 1.42)
Weekly Vigorous
Activity
0.66***
(0.56 – 0.77)
0.58***
(0.48 – 0.75)
0.46 ***
(0.32 – 0.64)
0.64***
(0.49 – 0.82)
0.52*
(0.29 – 0.92)
0.71***
(0.61 – 0.82)
Current Smoker 0.76**
(0.66 – 0.91)
0.65***
(0.51 – 0.84)
2.06 ***
(1.60 – 2.64)
0.96
(0.76 – 1.21)
1.32
(0.87 – 2.00)
1.19*
(1.02 – 1.39)
C-Statistic 0.64 0.69 0.70 0.63 0.68 0.62

Note. Reporting odds rations (95% Confidence Intervals).

Education referent group is high school degree; race and ethnicity referent group is White non-Hispanic; marital status referent group is married; cohort referent group is the Early Baby Boomers.

Confidence intervals are not calculated for interaction term variables.

C-Statistic is an indicator of model predictive value, where levels over 0.5 indicate some predictive value.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.