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Table 2 Cox proportional hazard regression model (AIC = 2618.664)

From: Mortality risk factors in community-dwelling, subjectively healthy, Swiss older adults: update after 8-years follow-up

 

HR

p-value

95% C.I.

Female gender* (↑)

0.65

0.004

0.48

-

0.87

 

Overweight* (↑)

1.54

0.082

0.95

-

2.51

 

Age in overweight subjects* (↑)

1.13

< 0.001

1.10

-

1.16

 

Age in normal weight subjects

1.17

< 0.001

1.14

-

1.21

 

Albumin* (↑)

0.90

< 0.001

0.86

-

0.95

 

Smoking

2.24

0.001

1.37

-

3.65

 

Hypertension* (↓)

1.43

0.015

1.07

-

1.89

 

Diabetes* (↓)

1.29

0.383

0.73

-

2.26

 

Osteoporosis

2.03

0.034

1.06

-

3.92

 

Renal disease* (↑)

1.01

0.982

0.51

-

1.98

 

History of cancer

3.83

< 0.001

2.34

-

6.25

 
  1. * indicates variables for which the proportional hazard assumption was violated based on the Akaike information criterion. The respective estimates refer to a follow-up time of 4 years
  2. ↑ or ↓: HR increases (↑) or decreases (↓) over time