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

Table 3

Age differences in risk factors for heart disease using multiple logistic regression analyses.

Variable	OR (Age 1)^a	95% CI	P value	OR (Age 2)^b	95% CI	P value	OR (Age 3)^c	95% CI	P value
SPD and behavioral factors
SPD
No	1			1			1
Yes	2.29	1.26–4.17	<0.0001	2.24	1.62–3.09	<0.0001	1.81	1.14–2.88	0.0117
Smoking status
Never	1			1			1
Current	1.53	1.0–2.35	0.051	1.07	0.83–1.37	0.608	0.90	0.67–1.21	0.486
Past	1.14	0.71–1.83	0.583	1.44	1.19–1.76	0.0002	1.37	1.18–1.59	<0.0001
Binge drink
No	1			1			1
Yes	0.96	0.60–1.53	0.852	0.82	0.61–1.1	0.189	0.73	0.48–1.11	0.138
Physical activity
No	1			1			1
Yes	1.00	0.72–1.38	0.993	0.79	0.64–0.98	0.0339	0.67	0.57–0.80	<0.0001
Obesity
No	1			1			1
Yes	1.28	0.86–1.92	0.228	1.45	1.17–1.79	0.0006	1.27	1.06–1.52	0.0091
Demographic and other factors
Gender
Male	1			1			1
Female	1.11	0.81–1.54	0.52	0.69	0.57–0.85	0.0003	0.60	0.52–0.70	<0.0001
Employment
No	1			1			1
Yes	0.73	0.51–1.06	0.097	0.47	0.39–0.57	<0.0001	0.48	0.36–0.63	<0.0001
Race
White	1			1			1
Latino	0.86	0.55–1.32	0.482	0.79	0.58–1.07	0.131	0.54	0.36–0.79	0.0016
Asian	0.99	0.63–1.58	0.994	0.90	0.61–1.32	0.586	0.80	0.56–1.13	0.206
African American	1.34	0.69–2.59	0.383	0.92	0.65–1.30	0.645	0.68	0.49–0.94	0.0191
Poverty level
300% FPL or above	1			1			1
0–99% FPL	0.98	0.57–1.71	0.954	1.14	0.81–1.61	0.451	1.58	1.20–2.07	0.001
100–199% FPL	1.41	0.86–2.30	0.17	1.07	0.80–1.42	0.646	1.06	0.88–1.28	0.545
200–299% FPL	0.49	0.25–0.96	0.0387	1.02	0.74–1.40	0.915	1.20	0.98–1.46	0.0713

SPD: serious psychological distress; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; FPL: federal poverty level.
^aAge 1: 18–44 years.
^bAge 2: 45–64 years.
^cAge 3: 65 years or older.