Table 3.
Association of a Morbidity Score and the Number of Chronic Conditions with Time Period and Socioeconomic Status by Sex for the Prospective Age-matched Samples: HRS 1992–1998 and 2004–2010
| Morbidity Score | Number of chronic conditions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Coeff | 95% C.I. | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | |
| Period (ref=1992–1998) | ||||||||
| 2004–2010 | 0.13 | (0.07, 0.19) | 0.14 | (0.09, 0.20) | 0.16 | (0.09, 0.24) | 0.29 | (0.21, 0.36) |
| Age | 0.02 | (0.01, 0.03) | 0.02 | (0.01, 0.03) | 0.05 | (0.04, 0.06) | 0.05 | (0.04, 0.06) |
| Race (ref=white) | ||||||||
| Black | 0.25 | (0.18, 0.33) | 0.46 | (0.40, 0.53) | 0.11 | (0.02, 0.21) | 0.45 | (0.37, 0.54) |
| Other | 0.06 | 0.18 | (0.06, 0.29) | −0.15 | (−0.3, −0.01) | 0.11 | (−0.03, 0.26) | |
| Education (ref= < high school) | ||||||||
| GED-High School | −0.11 | (−0.19, −0.04) | −0.22 | (−0.29, −0.15) | −0.13 | (−0.22, −0.03) | −0.43 | (−0.52, −0.34) |
| College/College+ | −0.16 | (−0.23, −0.09) | −0.33 | (−0.41, −0.26) | −0.28 | (−0.37, −0.18) | −0.59 | (−0.69, −0.50) |
| Income quartiles (ref = Q1) | ||||||||
| 2nd quartile (Q2) | −0.36 | (−0.44, −0.27) | −0.19 | (−0.26, −0.13) | −0.51 | (−0.62, −0.40) | −0.36 | (−0.45, −0.28) |
| 3rd quartile (Q3) | −0.44 | (−0.52, −0.37) | −0.25 | (−0.32, −0.19) | −0.70 | (−0.80, −0.60) | −0.49 | (−0.58, −0.41) |
| 4th quartile (Q4) | −0.45 | (−0.52, −0.38) | −0.32 | (−0.40, −0.23) | −0.77 | (−0.87, −0.68) | −0.61 | (−0.72, −0.49) |
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| Sample size | 6524 | 7462 | 6524 | 7462 | ||||
Note: results from a multivariate linear regression predicting the average morbidity score, and the average number of chronic conditions. HRS stands for Health and Retirement Study.