Three-year mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas - the importance of co-morbidity and self-reported poor health

Table 3 Hazard ratio for three-year mortality in adjusted analysis (N = 484)

	HR_A(95% CI)	HR_B(95% CI)
Objectively measured health indicators at T1
Elevated Charlson Index	1.79 (1.13-2.83)	1.73 (1.09-2.74)
Number of hospitalizations last 5 years	1.06 (1.01-1.14)	1.05 (0.99-1.68)
Duration of hospitalization	1.02 (0.99-1.05)	1.02 (0.99-1.05)
MMSE ≤ 24	1.29 (0.90-1-84)	0.76 (0.53-1.09)
P-ADL > 6	1.72 (1.04-2.84)	1.59 (0.95-1.07)
I-ADL >8	1.13 (0.78-1.64)	1.16 (0.80-1.68)
No assisted living after hospital stay	1.00 Reference	1.00 Reference
Domestic assistance at home ^a	1.24 (0.69-2.24)	1.26 (0.70-2.27)
Nursing care at home or in institution	1.45 (0.94-2.23)	1.39 (0.90-2.15)
Self-reported health indicators at T1
Self-reported health seen as poor		1.52 (1.03-2.25)
Self-reported impaired social function due to poor health		1.17 (0.79-1.72)
−2 Log Likelihood	1941.87	1934.18

T1, Baseline.
HR, Hazard ratio.
CI, The confidence interval.
_A The Cox proportional hazard regression analysis where each regressor was adjusted for increasing age, gender and the other variables in the model.
_B The Cox proportional hazard regression analysis where each regressor was adjusted for age, gender and the other variables in the model.
^a Assistance with cleaning, preparing food, shopping for groceries, etc.
MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination, P-ADL, performance of the personal activities of daily living, IADL, performance of the instrumental activities of daily living.

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