Association of a morbidity score and the number of chronic conditions with time period and socioeconomic status by sex for the retrospective samples: HRS 1998–2004 and 2004–2010
| Morbidity score | Number of chronic conditions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| Covariates | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI | Coeff | 95% CI |
| 1 wave prior to death | ||||||||
| Period (ref=1998–2004) | ||||||||
| 2004–2010 | 0.024 | (−0.043 to 0.090) | 0.007 | (−0.054 to 0.069) | 0.325 | (0.232 to 0.419) | 0.459 | (0.374 to 0.544) |
| Age | −0.005 | (−0.008 to −0.001) | −0.001 | (−0.004 to 0.002) | −0.003 | (−0.007 to 0.002) | −0.011 | (−0.015 to −0.007) |
| Race (ref=white) | ||||||||
| Black | 0.234 | (0.139 to 0.330) | 0.053 | (−0.031 to 0.136) | −0.032 | (−0.166 to 0.103) | 0.042 | (−0.074 to 0.158) |
| Other | 0.030 | (−0.160 to 0.220) | 0.080 | (−0.110 to 0.269) | −0.264 | (−0.529 to 0.001) | −0.041 | (−0.304 to 0.222) |
| Education (ref=<high school) | ||||||||
| GED-high school | −0.069 | (−0.151 to 0.012) | −0.189 | (−0.261 to −0.117) | −0.122 | (−0.236 to −0.007) | −0.332 | (−0.432 to −0.232) |
| College/college+ | −0.123 | (−0.205 to −0.041) | −0.296 | (−0.376 to −0.217) | −0.292 | (−0.408 to −0.176) | −0.442 | (−0.551 to −0.332) |
| Sample size | 3568 | 4090 | 4155 | 4741 | ||||
| 2 waves prior to death | ||||||||
| Period (ref=1998–2004) | ||||||||
| 2004–2010 | 0.014 | (−0.054 to 0.081) | 0.037 | (−0.024 to 0.098) | 0.395 | (0.302 to 0.487) | 0.595 | (0.510 to 0.679) |
| Age | −0.005 | (−0.008 to −0.001) | −0.001 | (−0.003 to 0.002) | −0.003 | (−0.007 to 0.002) | −0.013 | (−0.017 to −0.009) |
| Race (ref=white) | ||||||||
| Black | 0.274 | (0.177 to 0.371) | 0.364 | (0.280 to 0.447) | −0.001 | (−0.134 to 0.132) | 0.043 | (−0.072 to 0.158) |
| Other | −0.012 | (−0.207 to 0.183) | 0.206 | (0.012 to 0.399) | −0.244 | (−0.507 to 0.019) | −0.015 | (−0.281 to 0.251) |
| Education (ref=<high school) | ||||||||
| GED-high school | −0.006 | (−0.089 to 0.077) | −0.216 | (−0.288 to −0.144) | −0.043 | (−0.156 to 0.070) | −0.332 | (−0.431 to −0.233) |
| College/college+ | −0.081 | (−0.164 to 0.003) | −0.329 | (−0.408 to −0.250) | −0.259 | (−0.373 to −0.145) | −0.393 | (−0.502 to −0.284) |
| Sample size | 3407 | 3977 | 3978 | 4613 | ||||
| 3 waves prior to death | ||||||||
| Period (ref=1998–2004) | ||||||||
| 2004–2010 | 0.010 | (−0.068 to 0.087) | 0.049 | (−0.021 to 0.120) | 0.560 | (0.464 to 0.656) | 0.665 | (0.575 to 0.756) |
| Age | −0.004 | (−0.008 to −0.0001) | −0.005 | (−0.008 to −0.002) | 0.007 | (0.002 to 0.012) | −0.004 | (−0.008 to −0.000) |
| Race (ref=white) | ||||||||
| Black | 0.235 | (0.124 to 0.346) | 0.355 | (0.260 to 0.450) | 0.026 | (−0.114 to 0.166) | 0.112 | (−0.010 to 0.235) |
| Other | −0.005 | (−0.227 to 0.218) | 0.060 | (−0.164 to 0.284) | −0.215 | (−0.493 to 0.064) | −0.089 | (−0.377 to 0.198) |
| Education (ref=<high school) | ||||||||
| GED-high school | −0.054 | (−0.147 to 0.040) | −0.252 | (−0.333 to −0.171) | −0.069 | (−0.186 to 0.048) | −0.309 | (−0.415 to −0.203) |
| College/college+ | −0.096 | (−0.191 to −0.002) | −0.312 | (−0.401 to −0.223) | −0.188 | (−0.307 to −0.070) | −0.335 | (−0.451 to −0.220) |
| Sample size | 2655 | 3177 | 3342 | 3872 | ||||
Results from a multivariate linear regression predicting the average morbidity score, and the average number of chronic conditions.
HRS, Health and Retirement Study.