Table 3.

Adjusted Discrete-Time Odds Ratios for Stroke Associated with Marital Status and Marital Transitions in Non-Hispanic White and Black US Older Adults, HRS (n = 23,289)

	Odds ratio
	Model 1: Demographic factors	Model 2: Socioeconomic factors	Model 3: Psychosocial factors	Model 4: Behavioral factors	Model 5: Physiological factors	Model 6: Full model
Marital statusa
Non-Hispanic white
Continuously married (ref.)
Never married	1.18	1.15	1.19	1.14	1.16	1.14
Divorced	1.32**	1.30**	1.28*	1.25*	1.33**	1.22
Remarried	1.34***	1.31***	1.29***	1.31***	1.33***	1.25**
Widowed	1.71***	1.65***	1.71***	1.61***	1.67***	1.59***
Non-Hispanic black
Continuously married (ref.)
Never married	1.75**	1.63*	1.75*	1.72**	1.84**	1.72*
Divorced	1.18	1.17	1.12	1.16	1.18	1.11
Remarried	1.17	1.15	1.13	1.15	1.16	1.13
Widowed	1.47*	1.41*	1.42*	1.43*	1.42*	1.33
Marital transitionsb
Non-Hispanic white
Number of divorces	1.29***	1.28***	1.26***	1.27***	1.29***	1.24***
Number of widowhoods	1.39***	1.37***	1.42***	1.35***	1.38***	1.37***
Non-Hispanic black
Number of divorces	0.95	0.98	0.93	0.94	0.97	0.96
Number of widowhoods	1.24	1.20	1.19	1.23	1.20	1.15

Note: Model 1 adjusts for age, gender, study cohort, urban-rural residence, and geographic region.

Model 2 includes model 1 covariates and adds education, employment status, income, and health insurance.

Model 3 includes model 1 covariates and adds living arrangement, CES-D depressive symptoms, and anxiety or emotional conditions.

Model 4 includes model 1 covariates and adds smoking, alcohol use, and exercise.

Model 5 includes model 1 covariates and adds BMI, hypertension, and diabetes.

Model 6 includes all covariates.

^aRace differences are statistically significant (p < .05) for never married except in model 2.

^bRace differences are statistically significant (p < .05) for number of divorces in all models.

^*p ≤ .05

^**p ≤ .01

^***p ≤ .001 (two-tailed test).