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Table 4 Characteristics of subjects and hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for each factor

From: Mortality risks of body mass index and energy intake trajectories in institutionalized elderly people: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Hazard ratio

95% confidence interval

P-value

Sex

 

Male

1.77

1.24

2.53

0.0016

Age (years)

 

<74

1.00

0.51

1.95

0.9967

75–84

0.69

0.42

1.14

0.1482

85–94

0.87

0.54

1.41

0.5687

>95

1

Reference

  

sBMI

 

<16.4

1.73

1.17

2.55

0.0057

16.4–17.2

2.02

1.25

3.26

0.0042

17.3–17.9

1.14

0.69

1.90

0.6028

>18

1

Reference

  

EI per BW

 

<23.8

4.36

2.31

8.24

<0.0001

23.8–28.2

1.18

0.85

1.65

0.3180

28.3–29.2

1.11

0.63

1.95

0.7229

>29.2

1

Reference

  
  1. BMI Body mass index, BW, Body weight, EI Energy intake
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