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Published in final edited form as: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Nov 6;93:104292. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104292

Table 3.

Negative Binomial Regression of ADL-IADL score on Multimorbidity Combinations Compared with Individuals with Only Diabetes

Multimorbidity Combination Unadjusted model Partially adjusted model+ Fully adjusted model+
e 95% CI P e 95%CI P e 95% CI P
DM + HTN 1.96 1.30–2.97 .001** 2.17 1.40–3.38 .001** 1.54 1.00–2.38 0.053
DM + HTN + DEP 3.75 2.62–5.37 <.001** 3.83 2.61–5.61 <.001** 2.44 1.65–3.60 <.001**
DM + DEP 2.32 1.39–3.87 .001** 2.69 1.57–4.61 <.001** 2.37 1.34–4.21 .003**
DM + HTN + ART + DEP 7.59 4.53–12.73 <.001** 4.72 2.72–8.19 <.001** 3.74 2.08–6.73 <.001**
DM + HTN + ART 3.10 1.38–6.99 .006** 1.50 0.67–3.34 .320 1.16 0.46–2.66 .805
DM + ART 3.22 1.19–8.76 .021* 2.34 0.92–5.97 .075 2.23 0.87–5.65 .092
DM + HTN + CAR 1.38 0.34–5.57 .654 0.23 0.04–1.27 .093 0.05 0.00– 0.91 .043*
DM + ART + DEP 3.71 1.17–11.76 <.001** 3.53 1.22–10.21 <.001** 2.18 0.68–6.96 .189
DM + HTN + NCI 2.23 0.51–9.55 <.001** 0.88 0.22–3.50 .851 0.82 0.20–3.30 .776

Note. ART = arthritis, CAR = cardiac disease, DM = diabetes mellitus, DEP = depression, HTN = hypertension, NCI = neurocognitive impairment, e = exponentiated coefficient

*

Statistically significant with α-level of 0.05

**

Statistically significant with α-level of 0.01

+

Partially adjusted model includes age, sex, years education and BMI covariates. Fully adjusted model includes these as well as 2012 baseline ADL-IADL score as an additional covariate.