Mortality of older persons living alone: Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Hierarchical Cox regression models of mortality associated with living alone: (mortality up to 31 Dec 2011)

		HR	95 % CI	p
Adjusted	Socio–demographic status (base model)	1.80	(1.16–2.78)	0.009
	Socio–demographic + health status	1.85	(1.17 –2.91)	0.008
	Socio–demographic + marital status	1.47	(0.93–2.32)	0.099
	Socio–demographic + health status + marital status	1.66	(1.05–2.63)	0.031

Socio–demographic status: age, sex and housing type
Health status: history of hypertension, diabetes, chronic lung disease, stroke, heart disease, kidney failure, IADL–BADL disability, GDS ≥ 5
Marital status: single, divorced/widowed versus married

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