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Table 3 Sensitivity analyses of the association between serum concentration of vitamin B12 and risk of all-cause mortality

From: Association between serum vitamin B12 and risk of all-cause mortality in elderly adults: a prospective cohort study

Sensitivity analyses

 

Low Level

Middle Level

High level

Subjects without vitamin supplementation use

Cases/Person-years

88/540

626/4776

80/560

 

HR (95 % CIs)

1.03 (0.81–1.30)

1(Ref.)

1.26 (0.99–1.62)

Subjects with high food diversity score

Cases/Person-years

21/187

199/1713

24/182

 

HR (95 % CIs)

0.81 (0.49–1.33)

1(Ref.)

1.77 (1.05-3.00)

Subjects without high total cholesterol

Cases/Person-years

99/652

691/5206

84/588

 

HR (95 % CIs)

0.94 (0.75–1.18)

1(Ref.)

1.28 (1.01–1.63)

Subjects without high triglyceride

Cases/Person-years

100/652

699/5167

95/643

 

HR (95 % CIs)

0.97 (0.77–1.21)

1(Ref.)

1.32 (1.06–1.66)

Subjects without high glucose

Cases/Person-years

78/590

665/5073

81/607

 

HR (95 % CIs)

0.86 (0.67–1.10)

1(Ref.)

1.22 (0.96–1.56)

Subjects with normal eGFR

Cases/Person-years

55/448

397/3850

58/460

 

HR (95 % CIs)

0.92 (0.67–1.25)

1(Ref.)

1.35 (1.00-1.81)

  1. Abbreviations: CIs: confident intervals; HR: hazard ratio
  2. The HR (CIs) was calculated based on model 4, which adjusted for age, sex, enrollment year, province, residence, ethnicity, marriage status, occupation, access to medical service, smoking status, drinking status, exercise status, vitamin supplementation use, ADL score, physical performance score, MMSE score, food diversity score, social activity score, chronic disease score, hemoglobin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure, glucose, and eGFR