Table 5.

Estimated Regression Coefficients for the Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Demographics, and Health Behaviors on Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and Hemoglobin A1c for Middle Age and Older Adults

	Systolic (N=5,723)	Diastolic (N=5,704)	Hemoglobin A1c (N=5,872)
Sex
Female	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Male	−1.10	1.01**	0.01
Age
50–59	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
60–69	4.97***	−0.52	0.01
70–79	7.64***	−3.30***	0.06
80+	11.5***	−4.67***	0.06
Race/Ethnicity
White	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Black American	6.14***	2.74**	0.19***
Latino	1.97	0.23	0.23*
Coupled Status
Married/Coupled	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Not Married/Coupled	−0.65	−0.76	0.01
Currently on Medication1
No	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	5.06***	1.74***	1.21***
Number of Years in School	−0.66***	−0.10	0.01
Male x Number of Years in School	0.48**	N/A	N/A
Income (logged)	0.01	0.17	−0.03*
Assets (logged)	−0.11	−0.05	−0.01*
Number of times consumed four or more drinks one occasion	0.11**	0.08**	−0.01
Frequency of moderate exercise (1=hardly ever or never to 5=every day)	−0.13	−0.07	−0.03**
Currently smokes	1.05	0.19	−0.04
R-Square	0.10	0.04	0.31

Notes: Results are weighted and adjusted for the complex survey design.

¹For models predicting systolic and diastolic blood pressure, this measure pertains to blood pressure medication. For model predicting A1c, the measure pertains to diabetes medications.