Table 2.
Family Typology and Six-Year Mortality: Medical Comorbidities, Physical Impairment, and Cognitive Impairment as Moderators
| 6-year mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model A | Model B | Model C | ||||
| Hazard ratio (95% CI) | p-Value | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | p-Value | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | p-Value | |
| Age | 1.11 (1.10, 1.13) | <.001 | 1.11 (1.10, 1.13) | <.001 | 1.11 (1.10, 1.13) | <.001 |
| Female | 0.44 (0.34, 0.55) | <.001 | 0.44 (0.34, 0.56) | <.001 | 0.44 (0.35, 0.56) | <.001 |
| Education | 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) | .97 | 1.00 (0.98, 1.03) | .95 | 1.00 (0.98, 1.03) | .61 |
| Income | 1.01 (0.88, 1.15) | .94 | 1.00 (0.87, 1.15) | .99 | 1.01 (0.88, 1.15) | .61 |
| Acculturation | 0.97 (0.94, 1.00) | .097 | 0.97 (0.94, 1.00) | .097 | 0.97 (0.94, 1.00) | .090 |
| Medical comorbidities | 1.11 (0.98, 1.25) | .087 | 1.12 (1.04, 1.20) | .004 | 1.12 (1.04, 1.20) | .004 |
| ADL | 1.20 (1.12, 1.30) | <.001 | 1.14 (1.02, 1.27) | .027 | 1.20 (1.11, 1.29) | <.001 |
| Cognitive impairment | 1.03 (1.00, 1.05) | .039 | 1.03 (1.00, 1.05) | .037 | 1.03 (0.99, 1.06) | .11 |
| Social support | 1.00 (0.96, 1.03) | .79 | 0.99 (0.96, 1.03) | .76 | 0.99 (0.96, 1.03) | .75 |
| Tight-knit (reference) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Unobligated-ambivalent | 1.23 (0.95, 1.60) | .11 | 1.19 (0.92, 1.55) | .19 | 1.24 (0.95, 1.63) | .11 |
| Detached | 1.45 (1.01, 2.08) | .041 | 1.42 (0.99, 2.04) | .056 | 1.55 (1.08, 2.23) | .018 |
| Commanding-conflicted | 1.52 (0.91, 2.54) | .11 | 1.25 (0.72, 2.14) | .43 | 1.08 (0.57, 2.03) | .81 |
| Tight-knit × medical comorbidities (reference) | 1 | |||||
| Unobligated-ambivalent × medical comorbidities | 1.02 (0.86, 1.19) | .86 | ||||
| Detached × medical comorbidities | 0.98 (0.76, 1.26) | .87 | ||||
| Commanding-conflicted × medical comorbidities | 1.05 (0.75, 1.46) | .78 | ||||
| Tight-knit × ADL (reference) | 1 | |||||
| Unobligated-ambivalent × ADL | 1.07 (0.94, 1.23) | .29 | ||||
| Detached × ADL | 1.01 (0.81, 1.26) | .90 | ||||
| Commanding-conflicted × ADL | 1.29 (1.07, 1.56) | .009 | ||||
| Tight-knit × cognitive impairment (reference) | 1 | |||||
| Unobligated-ambivalent × cognitive impairment | 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) | .97 | ||||
| Detached × cognitive impairment | 0.96 (0.91, 1.02) | .19 | ||||
| Commanding-conflicted × cognitive impairment | 1.07 (1.01, 1.14) | .029 | ||||
Notes: ADL = activities of daily living; CI = confidence interval. Tight-knit is the reference category in family type.