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Table 3 Hazard Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for Adjusted Self-Rated Health Models Predicting Mortality; the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing, 1992 - 2004 (N = 1733)

From: The choice of self-rated health measures matter when predicting mortality: evidence from 10 years follow-up of the Australian longitudinal study of ageing

 

Independent SRH Models

Concurrent SRH Model

 

Global SRH

Age-Comparative SRH

Self-Comparative SRH

Full Model

Global (TV)

    

- poora

3.37*** 2.44, 4.65

  

2.83*** 2.02, 3.98

- faira

1.94*** 1.42, 2.65

  

1.80*** 1.31, 2.48

- gooda

1.47* 1.08, 2.00

  

1.43* 1.05, 1.95

- very gooda

1.21 0.88, 1.66

  

1.19 0.87, 1.64

Age-Comp (TV)

    

- worseb

 

1.94*** 1.58, 2.38

 

1.41** 1.14, 1.74

- sameb

 

1.13 0.99, 1.29

 

1.02 0.89, 1.16

Self-Comp (TV)

    

- not as goodc

  

1.09 0.90, 1.32

0.91 0.74, 1.12

- samec

  

0.72** 0.59, 0.88

0.75** 0.61, 0.93

Male

1.61*** 1.42, 1.84

1.65*** 1.45, 1.87

1.64*** 1.44, 1.87

1.62*** 1.42, 1.84

<$12 000d

0.74 0.47, 1.18

0.76 0.48, 1.22

0.73 0.45, 1.16

0.78 0.49, 1.25

$12 001 - $20 000d

1.02 0.64, 1.62

1.01 0.64, 1.61

0.97 0.61, 1.55

1.05 0.66, 1.68

$20 001 - $30 000d

0.85 0.52, 1.38

0.83 0.51, 1.36

0.80 0.48, 1.30

0.89 0.55, 1.46

$30 001 - $50 000d

1.11 0.67, 1.85

1.10 0.66, 1.83

1.04 0.62, 1.73

1.14 0.68, 1.91

≥15 Years Education e

0.93 0.83, 1.05

0.92 0.82, 1.04

0.92 0.82, 1.04

0.93 0.82, 1.04

Partnered (TV) f

0.20*** 0.17, 0.25

0.21*** 0.17, 0.25

0.21*** 0.17, 0.26

0.20*** 0.17, 0.25

Residential Care (TV) g

0.84 0.72, 0.99

0.82* 0.71, 0.96

0.83* 0.71, 0.98

0.86 0.74, 1.00

Age (TV)

1.07*** 1.06, 1.08

1.07*** 1.06, 1.08

1.07*** 1.06, 1.08

1.07*** 1.06, 1.08

Smokerh

1.61*** 1.31, 1.98

1.58*** 1.28, 1.94

1.71*** 1.40, 2.11

1.62*** 1.32, 2.00

Ex Smokerh

1.13 0.99, 1.29

1.12 0.98, 1.28

1.14 1.00, 1.31

1.12 0.98, 1.28

Number of Conditions (TV)

0.96*** 0.94, 0.98

0.96** 0.94, 0.99

0.96** 0.94, 0.99

0.95*** 0.93, 0.98

Number of Medications (TV)

1.04** 1.01, 1.06

1.05*** 1.03, 1.07

1.05*** 1.02, 1.07

1.04** 1.01, 1.06

ADL (TV)

1.08*** 1.05, 1.11

1.11*** 1.08, 1.14

1.11*** 1.08, 1.14

1.08*** 1.05, 1.11

IADL (TV)

1.01 0.98, 1.04

1.01 0.98, 1.04

1.00 0.98, 1.03

1.00 0.98, 1.03

MMSE (TV)

0.98* 0.97, 1.00

0.99* 0.97, 1.00

0.98** 0.97, 0.99

0.98* 0.97, 1.00

Depressive Symptoms (TV)

1.00 0.99, 1.01

1.00 0.99, 1.01

1.01 1.00, 1.01

1.00 0.99, 1.00

Null-2LL

16548.62

16548.62

16548.62

16548.62

-2LL

15367.35

15452.53

15446.04

15346.16

AIC

15415.35

15500.53

15494.04

15394.16

BIC

15445.08

15530.26

15523.77

15423.89

  1. Note: TV = Time-Varying Variables; ADL = Activities of Daily Living; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination Score; LL = log likelihood; AIC = Akaike Information Criterion; BIC = Bayesian Information Criteria. Reference Category a - "Excellent"; b & c - "Better"; d -Income at baseline of $50 000 or more per year;e- ≤ 14 Years Education;f - Not Partnered;g - Community Dwelling;h -Non-smoker at baseline. ***p < .001; **p < .01; *p < .05.
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