Disability trajectories prior to death for ten leading causes of death among middle-aged and older adults in Taiwan

Table 2 Fixed effects coefficient estimate of disability trajectories for the ten leading causes of death by sex

Fixed effects coefficients	malignant tumor	heart disease	pneumonia	cerebrovascular disease	diabetes	Injury	chronic lower respiratory disease	hypertension-related diseases	kidney disease	chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis
Entire sample
Intercept	0.0976*	0.2681*	0.7242***	0.9776***	0.8456***	-0.0507	0.6413**	0.2072	0.4535	0.0034
Time	-0.0342*	-0.0513*	-0.0146	-0.0697	0.0015	0.0153	-0.0389	-0.1221**	0.0097	0.0286
Time2	0.0085***	0.0156***	0.0164***	0.0176***	0.0130**	-0.0005	0.0135***	0.0256***	0.0127*	0.0087
Intercept	0.8832***	1.4722***	2.4321***	3.0680***	1.9713***	0.4717*	2.0233***	2.3369***	2.0129***	0.9210*
Time	0.1358***	0.1819***	0.3470***	0.4848***	0.2821**	0.05898	0.3283***	0.3690***	0.3001**	0.08661
Time2	0.0051***	0.0057	0.0121***	0.0187***	0.01016*	0.0019	0.0124***	0.0136**	0.0110*	0.0021
Intercept	1.1013***	2.4063***	3.9302***	3.4569***	3.3168***	0.6238*	2.6899***	3.4208***	2.8997***	0.9828*
Time	0.1567***	0.3104***	0.5280***	0.3889***	0.3711***	0.08595	0.2616	0.5668***	0.3794**	0.1109
Time2	0.0055**	0.0100***	0.0185**	0.0112**	0.0113**	0.0028	0.0070	0.0235***	0.0124*	0.00310

Note: All coefficients were controlled for the age at which death occurred. ***p < 0.001;**p < 0.01;* p< 0.05

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