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Table 5 Hazard ratios for mortality, by physician-rated health, objective health and self-rated health

From: Discordance between physician-rated health and an objective health measure among institutionalized older people

 

Health estimate a

Level

Physician-rated health

Objective health

Self-rated health

Good

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

Intermediate

1.13 (0.88–1.46)

1.19 (0.89–1.58)

1.29 (1.02–1.64)

Poor

1.06 (0.58–1.92)

1.32 (0.97–1.81)

1.51 (1.05–2.18)

P for linear trend

0.63

0.25

0.01

  1. a Hazard ratios and 95 % confidence intervals obtained from a proportional hazards model, with years from the baseline interview as the time scale, adjusted for baseline age, sex, type of facility, physician-rated health, objective health, and self-rated health, taking into account the stratified cluster sampling and the different selection probabilities
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BMC Geriatrics

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