Osteoporosis, diabetes, and hypertension are major risk factors for mortality in older adults: an intermediate report on a prospective survey of 1467 community-dwelling elderly healthy pensioners in Switzerland

Table 3 Primary risk factors and assignment as cause of death (n = 1467)

Risk Factor	Hazard Ratio	p	95% CI
Smoking	1.06	0.90	0.43–2.65
Hypertension	1.96	0.01	1.21–3.19
Cancer	1.59	0.25	0.73–3.49
Cerebrovasc. Disease	2.48	0.01	1.45–4.25
Heart Disease	2.04	0.13	0.82–5.08
Type 2 diabetes	2.79	0.01	1.38–5.66
Osteoporosis	3.01	0.01	1.30–6.98

Binary variables (smoking, hypertension, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis) are given as hazard ratio’s. 95% CI: 95% Confidence Interval

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