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. 2017 Nov 20;1(2):igx024. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igx024

Table 2.

Prevalence Rates of Latent Condition Classes Within the Cohort and Demographic Subgroups

Class and class name:
(H) Healthy
(J) Musculoskeletal Disorders
(O) Ophthalmologic Disorders
(R) At Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
(D) Diabetic with Comorbid Conditions
(M) Multimorbid
6,270 5,488 5,342 14,485 3,493 3,520
Overall prevalence of each class among: Sample size N Sample % (H)% (J)% (O)% (R) % (D)% (M)% Chi-Square
Whole Cohort 38,597 100 16.24 14.22 13.84 37.53 9.05 9.12
Whites 31,050 80.4 76.68 81.01 82.16 81.57 77.41 82.05
Blacks 3,787 9.8 7.18 11.92 10.28 7.39 16.38 13.98
Other Races 3,760 9.7 16.14 7.07 7.56 11.04 6.21 3.98 912.14*
Young Seniors 65–74 20,886 54.1 48.77 63.08 56.50 47.99 66.12 59.29
Middle Seniors 75–84 9,755 25.2 23.56 21.94 24.15 27.90 24.77 24.94
Older Seniors 85+ 7,956 20.6 27.67 14.98 19.36 24.11 9.11 15.77 994.79*
Married 11,505 29.8 31.53 27.68 28.10 32.90 28.06 21.68
Not married 26,907 69.7 66.59 72.12 71.68 66.88 71.74 78.21
Missing 185 .47 1.88 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.20 0.11 534.94*

Note: *p < .0001.