Table 3.
Effect of specific prevalent chronic conditions on longitudinal physical function
| Model Parameters | Clinically-Meaningful Depressive Symptomsa | Osteoarthritis | Hypertension | Diabetes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRRb | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | |
| Number of Other Conditions | 0.933 | 0.922, 0.944 | 0.954 | 0.943, 0.966 | 0.934 | 0.923, 0.945 | 0.941 | 0.931, 0.951 |
| Time in Years | 0.996 | 0.996, 0.997 | 0.996 | 0.995, 0.996 | 0.996 | 0.995, 0.996 | 0.995 | 0.994, 0.995 |
| Condition of Interest | 1.000 | 0.979, 1.021 | 0.936 | 0.913, 0.958 | 1.006 | 0.984, 1.029 | 0.990 | 0.951, 1.029 |
| Condition of Interest x Time | 0.996 | 0.995, 0.966 | 0.995 | 0.994, 0.996 | 0.995 | 0.994, 0.996 | 0.994 | 0.992, 0.996 |
| Model Parameters | Osteoporosis | Cancer | Heart Disease | Stroke | ||||
| IRR | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | IRR | 95% CI | |
| Number of other conditions | 0.947 | 0.937, 0.957 | 0.941 | 0.931, 0.950 | 0.951 | 0.942, 0.961 | 0.945 | 0.935, 0.954 |
| Time in Years | 0.994 | 0.994, 0.995 | 0.995 | 0.994, 0.995 | 0.995 | 0.994, 0.995 | 0.995 | 0.994, 0.995 |
| Condition of Interest | 0.876 | 0.825, 0.927 | 0.985 | 0.932, 1.037 | 0.815 | 0.754, 0.876 | 0.911 | 0.817, 1.006 |
| Condition of Interest x Time | 1.001 | 0.999, 1.004 | 1.001 | 0.999, 1.003 | 0.998 | 0.995, 1.001 | 0.992 | 0.987, 0.997 |
Note: Models were adjusted for covariates, including age, race/ethnicity, financial strain, marital status, education, menopausal status, hormone use, smoking, body mass index, health status, bodily pain, fracture history, and physical activity. aClinically relevant depressive symptoms, defined as Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of ≥16 points. bIRR: Incident rate ratio. To obtain percent differences in physical function associated with each model parameter, subtract the IRR from 1 and multiply by 100