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Table 6 Cox Proportional Hazard predictors of mortality among older adult

From: Predictors of mortality among elderly people living in a south Indian urban community; a 10/66 Dementia Research Group prospective population-based cohort study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Risk exposure

Hazard Ratio (95% CI) adjusted for all variables in the model

(n = 727)

Adjusted Population Attributable Risk Fraction

(95% CI)

Hazard Ratio (95% CI) adjusted for all variables in the model

(n = 726)

Adjusted Population Attributable Risk Fraction

(95% CI)

Male sex

2.0 (1.4-2.8)

0.55 (0.30-0.71)

2.1 (1.5-3.0)

0.59 (0.36-0.74)

Arm circumference

0.90 (0.85-0.95)

0.43 (0.19-0.60)

0.90 (0.86-0.95)

0.44 (0.21-0.60)

Age

 

0.45 (0.27-0.59)

 

0.41 (0.21-0.56)

65-69

1 (ref)

 

1 (ref)

 

70-74

1.4 (0.9-2.1)

 

1.4 (0.9-3.6)

 

75-79

1.9 (1.2-3.1)

 

1.7 (1.1-2.8)

 

80+

2.7 (1.7-1.7)

 

2.5 (1.5-4.0)

 

Cognitive Impairment/Dementia

 

0.10 (0.06-0.13)

 

0.07 (0.04-0.10)

Cognitively healthy

1 (ref)

 

1 (ref)

 

Mild Cognitive Impairment

1.4 (0.9-2.1)

 

1.7 (0.8-3.6)

 

CDR questionable dementia

1.9 (1.2-3.1)

 

1.5 (0.8-2.7)

 

CDR mild dementia

3.2 (1.6-6.4)

 

2.4 (1.2-4.8)

 

WHODAS disability score

Not included

Not included

1.02 (1.01-1.03)

0.21 (0.14-0.28)

Total Population Attributable risk fraction

-

0.87 (0.74-0.93)

-

0.90 (0.79-0.95)

Global test of proportional hazards assumption

Chi squared = 6.1,9 df, p = 0.73

 

Chi squared = 7.1, 10 df, p = 0.72

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