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Table 4 Hazard Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for Concurrent SRH Adjusted Age-Group Models Predicting Mortality; the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing, 1992 - 2004

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

 

Young-Old

N = 583

Old-Old

N = 790

Oldest-Old

N = 405

Global (TV)

   

- poora

2.98** 1.18, 8.54

3.88*** 2.32, 6.48

1.97* 1.13, 3.44

- faira

2.24 0.95, 5.27

2.30** 1.41, 3.74

1.29 0.77, 2.15

- gooda

1.90 0.85, 4.26

1.82* 1.14, 2.90

1.01 0.61, 1.67

- very gooda

1.43 0.62, 3.26

1.40 0.86, 2.28

1.06 0.63, 1.78

Age-Comp (TV)

   

- worseb

2.57*** 1.60, 4.15

1.17 0.86, 2.28

1.05 0.65, 1.71

- sameb

1.16 0.83, 1.26

0.91 0.75, 1.10

1.06 0.84, 1.35

Self-Comp (TV)

   

- not as goodc

0.80 0.51, 1.26

1.03 0.77, 1.37

0.76 0.51, 1.21

- samec

0.52** 0.32, 0.83

0.89 0.67, 1.19

0.65* 0.44, 0.96

Male

2.52*** 1.85, 3.42

1.54*** 1.28, 1.85

1.48** 1.15, 1.91

<$12 000d

1.15 0.56, 5.15

0.77 0.42, 1.39

0.32* 0.13, 0.82

$12 001 - $20 000d

1.48 0.34, 6.52

1.19 0.66, 2.16

0.33* 0.13, 0.85

$20 001 - $30 000d

1.17 0.26, 5.24

1.13 0.60, 2.13

0.24** 0.09, 0.65

$30 001 - $50 000d

1.90 0.40, 9.01

1.41 0.73, 2.72

0.37 0.13, 1.04

≥ 15 Years Education e

0.81 0.60, 1.08

0.98 0.82, 1.16

0.09 0.66, 1.03

Partnered (TV) f

0.15*** 0.10, 0.22

0.17*** 0.13, 0.23

0.34*** 0.21, 0.56

Residential Care (TV) g

1.50 0.81, 2.78

0.89 0.71, 1.12

0.79 0.62, 1.01

Smokerh

2.16*** 1.43, 3.25

1.60** 1.18, 2.16

1.08 0.67, 1.74

Ex Smokerh

1.23 0.88, 1.72

1.09 0.91, 1.32

0.96 0.75, 1.27

Number of Conditions (TV)

0.95 0.89, 1.00

0.97 0.94, 1.00

0.94** 0.89, 0.98

Number of Medications (TV)

1.04 0.98, 1.11

1.02 0.99, 1.06

1.05* 1.01, 1.09

ADL (TV)

1.06 0.97, 1.16

1.09*** 1.05, 1.14

1.07** 1.02, 1.12

IADL (TV)

1.00 0.92, 1.05

1.00 0.95, 1.04

1.02 0.97, 1.06

MMSE (TV)

1.00 0.96, 1.05

0.98 0.96, 1.01

0.97** 0.95, 0.99

Depressive Symptoms (TV)

0.99 0.97, 1.01

0.99* 0.98, 1.00

1.00 0.99, 1.02

Null-2LL

2550.95

7141.28

3979.88

-2LL

2248.52

6745.06

3858.00

AIC

2598.95

7189.00

4027.88

BIC

2616.49

7210.54

4042.46

  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.