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. 2021 Dec 7;4(12):e2137503. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37503

Table 3. Association of Moderate and Severe Food Insecurity With Allostatic Load, Mixed-Effects Poisson Regression Results.

Variable Full sample Women Men
IRR (95% CI) P value IRR (95% CI) P value IRR (95% CI) P value
Baseline modela
Food insecurity
Moderate 1.15 (1.10-1.20) <.001 1.18 (1.11-1.25) <.001 1.13 (1.05-1.21) .001
Severe 1.27 (1.22-1.31) <.001 1.32 (1.26-1.38) <.001 1.17 (1.10-1.25) <.001
Demographic factors–adjusted modelb
Food insecurity
Moderate 1.07 (1.03-1.12) .002 1.06 (1.00-1.12) .04 1.08 (1.01-1.17) .03
Severe 1.16 (1.12-1.20) <.001 1.16 (1.11-1.21) <.001 1.11 (1.04-1.18) .002
SES-adjusted modelc
Food insecurity
Moderate 1.09 (1.05-1.14) <.001 1.10 (1.04-1.16) .001 1.09 (1.01-1.17) .03
Severe 1.15 (1.11-1.19) <.001 1.17 (1.12-1.22) <.001 1.10 (1.03-1.17) .005
Fully adjusted modeld
Food insecurity
Moderate 1.05 (1.00-1.09) .03 1.04 (0.98-1.10) .21 1.06 (0.99-1.14) .09
Severe 1.11 (1.07-1.15) <.001 1.10 (1.05-1.16) <.001 1.07 (1.01-1.15) .03

Abbreviations: AL, allostatic load; IRR, incidence rate ratio; SES, socioeconomic status.

a

Adjusted for cohort dummies and year-of-survey fixed effects.

b

Adjusted for age, sex, race and ethnicity, educational background, marital status, number of living children, smoking, binge drinking, cohort dummies, and year-of-survey fixed effects.

c

Adjusted for number of health insurance plans, out-of-pocket medical spending, employment status, household income, household wealth, cohort dummies, and year-of-survey fixed effects.

d

Adjusted for age, sex, race and ethnicity, educational background, marital status, number of living children, smoking, binge drinking, number of health insurance plans, out-of-pocket medical spending, employment status, household income, household wealth, cohort dummies, and year-of-survey fixed effects.