Table 2.

Predictors of quite a bit/extreme pain severity among older United States adults (age ≥50 years) with pain in the past 4 weeks.

Predictor variables	Adjusted odds ratio	95% Confidence interval
Predisposing factors:
Age (yr)
50-64 vs ≥65	1.49	(1.22, 1.82)
Gender
Male vs female	0.80	(0.67, 0.95)
Race
White vs other	0.75	(0.61, 0.92)
Ethnicity
Hispanic vs non-Hispanic	0.93	(0.70, 1.22)
Enabling factors:
Marital status
Married vs. other	1.31	(1.08, 1.57)
Poverty status
<200% vs ≥200% federal poverty level	1.30	(1.06, 1.60)
Employment status
Employed vs unemployed	0.47	(0.37, 0.60)
Education status
Less than high school vs higher than high school	1.24	(0.94, 1.62)
Up to high school vs higher than high school	1.05	(0.86, 1.29)
Health insurance coverage status
Private vs uninsured	0.90	(0.56, 1.45)
Public vs uninsured	1.13	(0.71, 1.79)
Need factors:
Any limitation
Yes vs no	2.64	(2.09, 3.33)
Chronic health conditions
0 vs ≥5	0.39	(0.21, 0.71)
1 vs ≥5	0.47	(0.33, 0.67)
2 vs ≥5	0.77	(0.56, 1.05)
3 vs ≥5	0.65	(0.50, 0.86)
4 vs ≥5	0.77	(0.61, 0.99)
Perceived physical health status
Excellent/very good vs. fair/poor	0.28	(0.21, 0.38)
Good vs fair/poor	0.40	(0.32, 0.51)
Perceived mental health status
Excellent/very good vs fair/poor	0.81	(0.61, 1.06)
Good vs fair/poor	0.99	(0.76, 1.28)
Personal health practices factors:
Current smoker
Yes vs no	1.56	(1.27, 1.93)
Regular exercise
Yes vs no	0.74	(0.62, 0.88)
External environmental factors:
Census region
South vs. West	1.34	(1.04, 1.74)
Northeast vs West	1.06	(0.74, 1.52)
Midwest vs West	1.04	(0.77, 1.40)