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. 2019 May 20;20(Suppl 1):31–41. doi: 10.1007/s10198-019-01060-3

Table 2.

Multilevel regression models of AHCvas

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
Level-1 parameters
 Constant

93.87***

(0.662)

95.76***

(1.481)

92.71***

(1.770)

94.39***

(1.856)

96.71***

(2.037)

 AgeAHS

− 0.723***

(0.026)

− 0.757***

(0.059)

− 0.751***

(0.071)

− 0.696***

(0.075)

− 0.734***

(0.082)

Level-2 parameters: intercept
 Age: 18–34

− 4.143***

(1.398)

− 4.654***

(1.315)

− 4.564***

(1.312)

− 4.636***

(1.318)

 Age: 65+

− 0.148

(2.023)

3.372*

(1.968)

2.472

(1.969)

2.673

(2.000)

 Female

0.687

(1.317)

0.864

(1.278)

0.660

(1.269)

0.686

(1.257)

 Education: tertiary

− 1.053

(1.321)

− 1.238

(1.212)

− 1.026

(1.204)

− 0.856

(1.193)

 Current healtha

0.280***

(0.047)

0.268***

(0.046)

0.271***

(0.046)

 High-risk alcohol

1.032

(2.056)

0.406

(2.038)

0.0466

(2.012)

 Smoking

2.114

(1.557)

2.320

(1.538)

2.553*

(1.527)

 Lack of exercise

1.024

(1.244)

0.796

(1.238)

0.305

(1.243)

 BMI 25+

3.220**

(1.312)

3.455***

(1.295)

3.501***

(1.289)

 Reference: mixed

− 2.844*

(1.577)

− 2.825*

(1.585)

 Reference: others

− 3.101**

(1.377)

− 2.640*

(1.368)

 Relatives’ lifespan 75+

− 3.061**

(1.272)

 Informal caregiver

− 1.123

(1.415)

Level-2 parameters: slope
 AgeAHS × age: 18–34

0.083

(0.056)

0.066

(0.053)

0.075

(0.053)

0.104*

(0.053)

 AgeAHS × age: 65+

− 0.055

(0.080)

0.058

(0.079)

0.036

(0.080)

− 0.018

(0.081)

 AgeAHS × female

− 0.011

(0.052)

0.009

(0.052)

0.012

(0.052)

0.002

(0.051)

 AgeAHS × education: tertiary

0.023

(0.052)

0.007

(0.049)

0.012

(0.049)

0.012

(0.048)

 AgeAHS × current healtha

0.007***

(0.002)

0.007***

(0.002)

0.007***

(0.002)

 AgeAHS × high-risk alcohol

0.150*

(0.083)

0.132

(0.083)

0.143*

(0.081)

 AgeAHS × smoking

− 0.022

(0.063)

− 0.023

(0.063)

− 0.042

(0.062)

 AgeAHS × lack of exercise

− 0.125**

(0.050)

− 0.132***

(0.050)

− 0.140***

(0.050)

 AgeAHS × BMI 25+

0.089*

(0.053)

0.090*

(0.053)

0.070

(0.052)

 AgeAHS × reference: mixed

− 0.056

(0.064)

− 0.034

(0.065)

 AgeAHS × reference: others

− 0.138**

(0.056)

− 0.142**

(0.055)

 AgeAHS × relative’s lifespan 75+

0.007

(0.052)

 AgeAHS × informal caregiver

0.166***

(0.057)

Random effect parameters
 Variance (ageAHS)

0.117***

(0.013)

0.116***

(0.013)

0.097***

(0.011)

0.095***

(0.011)

0.091***

(0.011)

 Variance (constant)

75.483***

(8.697)

70.870***

(8.257)

56.961***

(6.813)

54.746***

(6.633)

52.875***

(6.446)

 Covariance (constant, ageAHS)

0.041

(0.238)

0.149

(0.230)

− 0.234

(0.197)

− 0.320*

(0.194)

− 0.283

(0.188)

 AIC 7657.354 7624.635 7522.899 7401.364 7352.859
 Observations 1145 1139 1133 1115 1109
 Number of groups 194 193 192 189 188

Standard errors in parentheses

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

aCurrent health is measured on the EQVAS scale, centred on the sample mean