Table 3. Association of Moderate and Severe Food Insecurity With Allostatic Load, Mixed-Effects Poisson Regression Results.
Variable | Full sample | Women | Men | |||
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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.
Adjusted for cohort dummies and year-of-survey fixed effects.
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.
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.
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.