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Table 4 Relative risk ratios (RRR’s) and 95% confidence intervals (CI’s) of frailty in men according to age at and duration of separation among the separated compared to the non-separated

From: Early life stress and frailty in old age: the Helsinki birth cohort study

 

Non-frail (ref.)

Pre-frail

Frail

 

Age-adjusted

p

Adjusteda

p

Age-adjusted

p

Adjusteda

p

Age at separation (years)

 Non-separated

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

  < 4

 

0.94 (0.39 to 2.25)

0.89

1.06 (0.42 to 2.68)

0.91

5.58 (1.36 to 22.93)

0.017

6.96 (1.28 to 37.72)

0.024

  ≥ 4

 

0.94 (0.35 to 2.52)

0.90

0.95 (0.34 to 2.64)

0.93

No data

 

No data

 

Duration of separation (years)

 Non-separated

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

  ≤ 1

 

0.61 (0.18 to 2.09)

0.43

0.49 (0.14 to 1.74)

0.27

No data

 

No data

 

  > 1 and ≤ 2

 

1.05 (0.41 to 2.71)

0.91

1.21 (0.44 to 3.31)

0.71

2.66 (0.28 to 25.15)

0.39

3.26 (0.24 to 44.44)

0.37

  > 2

 

1.02 (0.27 to 3.87)

0.98

1.21 (0.30 to 4.96)

0.79

10.27 (1.71 to 61.68)

0.011

12.87 (1.29 to 128.38)

0.029

  1. aAdjusted for age, birth weight, childhood and adulthood socio-economic status, adulthood BMI, smoking and the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes