Table 3.

Differences in Changes in Trajectories for Sense of Purpose Between Groups With and Without the Given Health Event, Both With and Without Propensity Score Matching

	Matched		Unmatched
Event	b	CI	b	CI
Arthritis	−0.00	−0.04, 0.03	−0.01	−0.04, 0.02
Cancer	0.03	−0.02, 0.07	0.02	−0.01, 0.06
Diabetes	−0.02	−0.06, 0.02	−0.02	−0.05, 0.01
Heart problems	−0.00	−0.04, 0.03	0.00	−0.03, 0.03
High blood pressure	0.03	−0.00, 0.07	0.04	0.01, 0.07
Lung disease	0.02	−0.04, 0.07	0.01	−0.03, 0.06
Stroke	0.04	−0.02, 0.09	0.04	0.00, 0.09

Note: Negative estimates reflect greater declines among the group with the event. Bold indicates p < .05.