TABLE III.

Factors Associated with Being Characterized as “Premature” or “Potentially Appropriate but Not Replaced”^*†

	Potentially Appropriate but Not Replaced Versus Timely	Premature Versus Timely
Sex (reference, female)
Male	1.17 (0.89, 1.53)	0.97 (0.68, 1.40)
Age (reference, ≤55 years)
56-63 yr	1.05 (0.68, 1.62)	0.56 (0.32, 0.98)
64-69 yr	0.64 (0.42, 0.98)	0.35 (0.21, 0.61)
70-75 yr	0.87 (0.56, 1.36)	0.53 (0.30, 0.93)
≥76 yr	0.87 (0.53, 1.43)	0.79 (0.43, 1.48)
Race (reference, non-Hispanic white)
Black	2.81 (1.86, 4.25)	1.68 (0.97, 2.90)
Other/missing	2.32 (0.84, 6.44)	3.56 (1.12, 11.36)
BMI (reference, <25 kg/m2)
25-29 kg/m2	1.04 (0.68, 1.58)	0.33 (0.20, 0.55)
30-34 kg/m2	1.02 (0.67, 1.56)	0.31 (0.18, 0.52)
≥35 kg/m2	0.87 (0.56, 1.36)	0.33 (0.19, 0.56)
Education (reference, high school or less/missing)
Some college	0.82 (0.59, 1.12)	0.93 (0.59, 1.45)
College degree	1.02 (0.70, 1.50)	1.03 (0.61, 1.74)
More than college	0.91 (0.65, 1.27)	1.50 (0.96, 2.36)
Charlson score (reference, 0)
≥1	0.98 (0.76, 1.27)	0.79 (0.55, 1.13)
Depressed	0.88 (0.64, 1.21)	0.37 (0.22, 0.64)
SF-12 Physical Function Scale	1.02 (1.01, 1.03)	1.04 (1.02, 1.06)
Living alone (reference, no)
Yes	1.42 (0.99, 2.05)	2.04 (1.29, 3.22)

^*The values are given as the odds ratio, with the 95% CI in parentheses.

^†Bold values indicate that the odds ratio is significantly different from 1.