FIGURE 3. Predictors of five-year age-specific mortality adjusted for sex, modeled separately by race/ethnicity and broad age groups.
Abbreviations: 5+ Meds 5+ Medications; ADL Activities of daily living. AUC, Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. BMI Body mass index; Cancer, History of cancer. CRP, C-reactive protein, Diabetes, History of diabetes; Educ. Education; Hcy. Homocysteine; Heart dis, History of heart disease; Hosp Stays, Number of hospital stays; IADL, Instrumental activities of daily living Mar Stat, Marital status; Mobility; Index of mobility limitations; SAH, Self-assessed health status; SCr Serum creatinine; Stroke, History of stoke. TC, total cholesterol.
NOTE: For non-Latino whites, the gain in AUC is significant (p<0.05) for an of the top ten predictocs in each age group. For non-Latino blacks, the gain in AUC is significant except for hospitalizations, use of 5+ medications, and albumin at ages 20–64; cancer. BMI, and heart rate at ages 65–79. and at ages 80+ only the top lour predictors are significant. For Latinos, the gain in AUC b sinificant except for albumin, heart rate, smoking, and diabetes at ages 20–64. stroke, hospitalizations, and albumin at ages 65–79; and at ages 80+, only the top four predictors are significant.