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Published in final edited form as: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Jul 26;91:104208. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104208

Table 4A.

Predicted probabilities of 2-year status for selected cases of Mexican adults aged 60 or older in 2001 by gender, 2001–2003

Case	Status at 2-year follow-up
Case		Same	Worse	Improved	Deceased
Case 1: Covariates at means	Men	59.3	19.0	17.4	4.4
Case 1: Covariates at means	Women	48.5	24.8	23.2	3.5
Case 2: Age (60–74) at baseline (2001)	Men	60.0	18.0	17.4	4.6
Case 2: Age (60–74) at baseline (2001)	Women	49.7	23.6	23.0	3.7
Case 3: Age (75+) at baseline (2001)	Men	49.7	21.9	19.0	9.4
Case 3: Age (75+) at baseline (2001)	Women	40.0	28.0	24.6	7.4
Case 4: Age (75+), depression, poor self-rated health, and diabetes	Men	29.7	22.5	26.7	21.1
	Women	24.8	28.8	31.6	14.8
Case 5: Age (75+), depression, poor self-rated health, and no diabetes	Men	35.0	19.9	31.5	13.6
	Women	28.9	25.0	36.8	9.3

Note: Authors’ own elaboration with data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (Mexican Health and Aging Study, 2001, 2003). Covariates included age, gender, years of education, urban/rural, marital status, social support, monthly income, health insurance, poor self-rated health, and presence of depression, total cognition score and six chronic conditions (hypertension, diabetes, cancer, respiratory problems, heart conditions and stroke). In all cases, the covariates not indicated are at their means. Values shown are unweighted.