| Self-rated health | P for trend | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good | Rather good | Neither good nor poor | Poor | Â | ||||
Functional disability excluded participants who were sub-clinical cases | ||||||||
 Men (n = 4126) | ||||||||
  Number of participants | 1356 | 1899 |  | 605 |  | 266 |  |  |
  Number of the cases (person-years/1000 person-years) | 342 (2.52) | 517 (3.82) |  | 172 (1.19) |  | 102 (1.50) |  |  |
  HR, 95% CI | 1 (reference) | 1.02 | 0.89, 1.17 | 1.05 | 0.87, 1.27 | 1.58 | 1.26, 1.98 | 0.001 |
 Women (n = 6323) | ||||||||
  Number of participants | 1569 | 3166 |  | 1081 |  | 507 |  |  |
  Number of cases (person-years/1000 person-years) | 410 (3.10) | 918 (6.83) |  | 349 (2.52) |  | 213 (1.50) |  |  |
  HR, 95% CI | 1 (reference) | 1.12 | 1.00, 1.26 | 1.25 | 1.08, 1.44 | 1.71 | 1.45, 2.02 | < 0.001 |
Functional disability in severe cases | Â | |||||||
 Men (n = 4333) | ||||||||
  Number of participants | 1412 | 1990 |  | 635 |  | 296 |  |  |
  Number of cases (person-years/1000 person-years) | 258 (1.82) | 401 (2.72) |  | 129 (0.85) |  | 84 (0.48) |  |  |
  HR, 95% CI | 1 (reference) | 1.03 | 0.85, 1.26 | 1.12 | 0.86, 1.46 | 1.71 | 1.26, 2.33 | 0.004 |
 Women (n = 6627) | ||||||||
  Number of participants | 1624 | 3292 |  | 1143 |  | 568 |  |  |
  Number of cases (person-years/1000 person-years) | 254 (1.84) | 510 (3.57) |  | 211 (1.37) |  | 139 (0.83) |  |  |
  HR, 95% CI | 1 (reference) | 0.98 | 0.85, 1.14 | 1.17 | 0.97, 1.40 | 1.62 | 1.31, 1.99 | < 0.001 |