Table 2.

Effect estimates of neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) on trajectories of physical health-related quality of life following a stroke.

	Model 1^a		Model 2^b		Model 3^c		Model 4^d
Variable	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE	β	SE
Intercept (6 months PS)	40.11^***	0.67	47.07^***	2.19	47.57^***	2.17	47.57^***	2.17
Individual Effects
Age at stroke^e			−0.02	0.09	−0.05	0.09	−0.04	0.09
Female			−3.96^**	1.33	−3.82^**	1.31	−3.84^**	1.32
White			0.16	1.22	−0.84	1.26	−0.84	1.26
Education
< HS			0.09	1.91	0.48	1.89	−0.49	1.89
HS graduate			−2.93	1.51	−2.67	1.49	−2.67	1.49
Some college			−1.33	1.43	−1.11	1.41	−1.11	1.41
College graduate +			−	−	−	−	−	−
Income
Refused			−3.16	2.43	−2.48	2.41	−2.49	2.41
< $20,000			−4.56^*	2.30	−3.72	2.30	−3.72	2.30
$20,000 - $34,999			−2.50	2.02	−2.06	2.00	−2.06	2.00
$35,000 - $74,999			−2.70	1.98	−2.84	1.95	−2.84	1.95
$75,000 and above			−	−	−	−	−	−
NIHSS			−0.61^***	0.17	−0.62^***	0.17	−0.62^***	0.17
Neighborhood Effects
nSES					1.79^*	0.71	1.73^*	0.80
Time (months PS)
Time (months)^f	−0.03	0.2	−0.09^**	0.03	−0.09^**	0.03	−0.09^**	0.03
Female × Time			0.12^*	0.05	0.11^*	0.05	0.12^*	0.05
Age × Time			−0.01^**	0.00	−0.01^*	0.00	−0.01^*	0.00
nSES × Time							0.00	0.03

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001

Note. PS = post-stroke; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; HS = high school; nSES = neighborhood socioeconomic status

Model 1 estimates the grand mean of physical quality of life among participants, after accounting for the random effect of the intercept

Model 2 estimates the effects of individual characteristics on the intercept and the slope of physical quality of life post-stroke

Model 3 estimates the effects of individual characteristics on the slope and intercept of physical quality of life, and effects of neighborhood socioeconomic status on the intercept of physical quality of life post-stroke

Model 4 estimates the effects of individual characteristics, neighborhood socioeconomic status, and the effects of these parameters on the intercept and the slope of physical quality of life post-stroke

Age centered at 75 years of age

Time measured as months since stroke occurrence