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Table 4 Hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) (in parentheses) of laboratory index (LI) for mortality during the 18-year follow-up

From: A practical laboratory index to predict institutionalization and mortality – an 18-year population-based follow-up study

  Total n Deceased n (%) Unadjusted HR (95% CI) P-value Adjusteda HR (95% CI) P-value
LI
  ≤ 0.08b 383 242 (63) 1    
 0.09–0.14c 326 213 (65) 1.14 (0.95–1.37) 0.169 1.17 (0.98–1.41) 0.091
 0.15–0.21d 211 160 (76) 1.51 (1.23–1.84) < 0.001 1.47 (1.20–1.80) < 0.001
 0.22–0.42e 190 152 (80) 1.80 (1.47–2.20) < 0.001 1.72 (1.40–2.12) < 0.001
  ≥ 0.43f 43 39 (81) 3.41 (2.43–4.79) < 0.001 2.93 (2.07–4.16) < 0.001
Total 1153 806 (70)     
  1. aValues are adjusted for age and gender
  2. The number of laboratory tests outside reference ranges by categories of LI:
  3. b0–0.08 ≤ 1
  4. c0.09–0.14 = 2
  5. d0.15–0.21 = 3
  6. e0.22–0.42 = 4–5
  7. f0.43– ≥ 6
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