Table B-2.

Risk Factors & Other Conditions from the DeCaprio et al. Model

Variables in DeCaprio et al. Survey Model	Coefficient Estimate	Variables available in the PSID
intercept	−6.740
Age	0.041	Age
Male	0.171	Male
Prior Admissions	0.682	Hospitalized
Prior ER Visits	0.413
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or emphysema, cystic fibrosis, or chronic bronchitis	1.167	Lung Disease
Asthma	1.393	Asthma
Obesity (BMI ≥ 40)	0.935	Severe Obesity (BMI > 40)
Diabetes (other than when you were pregnant)	0.096	Diabetes
Hypertension (or high blood pressure)	0.832	Hypertension
Congestive Heart Failure	0.982	Heart Disease
Heart attack	0.159	Heart Attack
Rheumatic heart disease	0.788
Stroke	0.285	Stroke
Sickle cell anemia/HIV infection/Transplant	2.582
Chronic kidney disease	0.966	Kidney Disease
Hemodialysis	1.369
Liver disease	0.055
Pneumonia, acute bronchitis, influenza or other acute respiratory infection	0.696
Cancer	1.091	Cancer
Neurocognitive conditions	0.294	Neurological Condition
Pregnancy, childbirth & puerperium	0.789
COPD × Age	−0.002	Lung Disease × Age
Asthma × Age	−0.015	Asthma × Age
Obesity × Age	−0.004	Severe Obesity × Age
Diabetes × Age	0.000	Diabetes × Age
Hypertension × Age	0.005	Hypertension × Age
Congestive heart failure × Age	−0.007	Heart Disease × Age
Myocardial infarction × Age	0.003	Heart Attack × Age
Rheumatic heart disease × Age	−0.008
Stroke × Age	−0.003	Stroke × Age
Sickle cell/HIV/Transplant × Age	−0.028
Chronic kidney disease × Age	−0.008	Kidney Disease × Age
Hemodialysis × Age	−0.018
Liver disease × Age	0.001
Pneumonia, acute bronchitis, influenza or other acute respiratory infection × Age	−0.005
Cancer × Age	−0.009	Cancer × Age
Neurocognitive conditions × Age	0.004	Neurological Condition × Age
Pregnancy, childbirth & puerperium × Age	−0.003