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Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2016 Dec 20;37(7):881–903. doi: 10.1177/0733464816684621

Table 3.

Predictors of Type of Practical Caregiving Support Received During the Week After ACS Hospitalization.

	Adjusted^a ^b incident rate ratio [95% CI]
	Instrumental support only	Informational support only	Both support types
	Gender, male	0.65 [0.54, 0.79]	—	0.74 [0.64, 0.85]
Married/living as married	1.29 [1.05, 1.59]	—	1.42 [1.17, 1.73]
Education^c
Some college	1.18 [0.90, 1.54]	4.41 [1.67, 11.66]	—
College graduate	1.33 [1.03, 1.72]	3.01 [0.98, 9.27]	—
Impaired health literacy	—	2.02 [1.08, 3.79]	—
ADL impairment	—	—	1.24 [1.07, 1.45]
History of coronary heart disease	—	—	0.81 [0.65, 1.02]
History of heart failure	0.60 [0.31, 1.16]	—	0.73 [0.48, 1.11]
Receipt of PCI	—	—	0.95 [0.79, 1.15]
In-hospital complications	1.34 [1.05, 1.70]	—	1.12 [0.96, 1.31]
Length of hospital stay, per log day^d	—	—	1.05 [0.94, 1.16]

Note. ACS = acute coronary syndrome; CI = confidence intervals; ADL = activities of daily living; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.

Adjusted for all other variables in the column.

Reference group is no practical caregiving support.

Reference group is high school or less.

Log-transformed.