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. 2019 Jan 3;75(5):1082–1092. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby156

Table 2.

Trajectories of Functional Limitations: Black and White Adults Aged 55 and Older, HRS Cohort, Health & Retirement Study 1996–2014

Model 1 Model 2
Growth rate Growth rate
Fixed effects Intercept Age(= Age − 55) Age2 Intercept Age(= Age − 55) Age2
−.6640*** (.1759) −.0181 (.0098) .0036*** (.0003) −.4009* (.1685) −.0225* (.0092) −.0038** (.0003)
Black men .2459 (.2086) −.0449 (.0266) .0021* (.0010) .1759(.2166) −.0380 (.0274) .0021* (.0010)
White women .7287*** (.1073) .0274* (.0131) −.0004 (.0005) .6798*** (.1023) −.0334** (.0128) −.0005 (.0005)
Black women 1.3399*** (.1093) .0053 (.0212) .0004 (.0008) 1.2871*** (.1940) .0139 (.0228) .0001 (.0008)
Education (=Education – 12) −.1716*** (.0108) −.1720*** (.0105)
Earnings (ln; mean-centered) −.0134*** (.0028) −.0130*** (.0028)
Assets (ln; mean-centered) −.2637*** (.0513) −.2630*** (.0506)
Married −.1694* (.0663) −.1696** (.0658)
Working −.3725*** (.0602) −.3712*** (.0273)
Ever smoked .3193*** (.0602) .3284*** (.0306)
Obese .3327*** (.0307) .3284*** (.0306)
Comorbidity .7076*** (.0221) .6670*** (.0216)
Couple respondent .0589 (.0662) .0526 (.0658)
Panel attrition (λ) .9280*** (.2061) .7722*** (.2005)
Random effects
Variance (intercept) 7.3450 [6.9971, 7.7103] White men 4.8901 [4.4832, 5.3339]
Variance (age) 0.0226 [0.0213, 0.0240] 0.0163 [0.0147, 0.0181]
Cov (intercept, age) −0.2263 [−0.2453, −0.2073] −0.1380 [−0.1610, −0.1149]
Variance (intercept) Black men 8.8982 [7.3698, 10.7437]
Variance (age) 0.0314 [0.0248, 0.0397]
Cov (intercept, age) −0.2771 [−0.3743, −0.1800]
Variance (intercept) White women 7.8805 [7.3509, 8.4481]
Variance (age) 0.0234 [0.0215, 0.0255]
Cov (intercept, age) −0.2346 [−0.2630, −0.2062]
Variance (intercept) Black women 13.3642 [11.7091, 15.2532]
Variance (age) 0.0439 [0.0373, 0.0516]
Cov (intercept, age) −0.5302 [−0.6299, −0.4305]
Variance (residual) 2.1815 [2.1486, 2.2149] 2.1760 [2.1432, 2.2094]
Log likelihood −100029.1 −99897.7
BIC 200338.5 200172.7

Note. n = 7,131 individuals, 48,000 observations; maximum likelihood estimates; Gaussian linked used due to censored normal distribution of the outcome; Coefficients with standard errors (in parentheses) reported for fixed effects and coefficients with 95% confidence intervals [in brackets] reported for random effects; BIC = Bayesian information criterion; linear, quadratic, cubic, and quartic functions of age tested and quadratic specification selected based on BIC.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.