Age Differences in the Association of Severe Psychological Distress and Behavioral Factors with Heart Disease

Table 2

Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses for the relationship between all potential risk factors and heart disease.

Variables	Crude OR	95% CI	P value	Adjusted OR	95% CI	P value
SPD and behavioral factors
SPD
No	1			1
Yes	2.24	1.81–2.77	<0.0001	2.15	1.70–2.72	<0.0001
Smoking status
Never	1			1
Current	1.14	0.95–1.36	0.162	1.11	0.91–1.35	0.317
Past	2.55	2.28–2.85	<0.0001	1.41	1.25–1.57	<0.0001
Binge drink
No	1			1
Yes	0.44	0.36–0.54	<0.0001	0.83	0.67–1.03	0.0911
Physical activity
No	1			1
Yes	0.68	0.60–0.77	<0.0001	0.77	0.67–0.87	<0.0001
Obesity
No	1			1
Yes	1.31	1.18–1.46	<0.0001	1.34	1.19–1.52	<0.0001
Demographic and other factors
Gender
Male	1			1
Female	0.90	0.81–0.99	0.027	0.70	0.63–0.78	<0.0001
Age group
18–44 years	1			1
45–64 years	4.80	3.99–5.79	<0.0001	4.0	3.32–4.83	<0.0001
65 years or older	18.66	15.66–22.24	<0.0001	10.98	9.18–13.15	<0.0001
Employment
No	1			1
Yes	0.23	0.21–0.26	<0.0001	0.51	0.45–0.59	<0.0001
Race
White	1			1
Latino	0.41	0.34–0.49	<0.0001	0.70	0.57–0.86	0.0008
Asian	0.65	0.53–0.81	<0.0001	0.85	0.68–1.07	0.172
African American	0.75	0.60–0.93	0.009	0.88	0.69–1.11	0.263
Poverty level
300% FPL or above	1			1
0–99% FPL	1.14	0.97–1.35	0.123	1.25	1.04–1.50	0.018
100–199% FPL	1.21	1.04–1.41	0.013	1.12	0.95–1.31	0.193
200–299% FPL	1.24	1.06–1.44	0.0057	1.04	0.88–1.22	0.657

SPD: serious psychological distress; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; FPL: federal poverty level.