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Table 5 Mortality by baseline health status - diagnoses and impairments

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

Morbidities

& Life style

Cumulative mortality

Hazard ratio (95%CI)

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted for Age + Gender

Log-rank test

Survey clinical diagnosis

    

Dementia (MV 1 = 0)

   

χ2 = 25.0,

df(1) p = < 0.001

No

129/694 (18.6%)

Ref

Ref

 

Yes

25/54 (46.3%)

2.8 (1.8 -4.3)

2.3 (1.5 -3.7)

 

Cognitive Impairment (MV = 0)

   

χ2 = 37.4,

df(1),p = <0.001

Cognitively healthy

122/672 (18.2%)

Ref

Ref

 

Mild Cognitive Impairment

7/26 (26.9%)

1.9 (0.9-4.0)

1.9 (0.9 -4.2)

 

CDR questionable dementia

15/34 (44.1%)

2.8 (1.6-4.8)

2.1 (1.2 -3.7)

 

CDR mild moderate & severe dementia

10/16 (62.5%)

5.1 (2.7-9.7)

4.1 (2.1 -7.9)

 

Depression (MV = 0)

   

χ2 = 9.2,

df(1), p = 0.002

No depression

81/446 (18.2%)

Ref

Ref

 

Depression subcase

65/277 (23.5%)

1.5 (1.1-2.2)

1.6 (1.2-2.3)

 

ICD 10 depression case

8/25 (32.0%)

2.2 (1.1 -4.5)

2.1 (1.0 -4.3)

 

Hypertension (MV = 0)

   

χ2 = 0.8,

df(1),p = 0.59

No

69/294 (23.4%)

Ref

Ref

 

Yes

85/454 (18.7%)

0.8 (0.6 -1.1)

0.9 (0.6 -1.3)

 

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

   

χ2 = 0.20,

df(1),p = 0.65

No

151/734 (20.5%)

Ref

Ref

 

Yes

3/13 (23.1%)

1.3 (0.4-4.0)

1.6 (0.5 -5.2)

 

Self-reported physician diagnosis

    

Stroke (MV = 1)

   

χ2 = 1.87,

df(1),p = 0.17

No

149/731 (20.3%)

Ref

Ref

 

Yes

5/16 (31.2%)

1.8 (0.7-4.5)

1.6 (0.6 -4.1)

 

Diabetes (MV = 1)

   

χ2 = 0.57,

df(1), p = 0.44

No

138/655 (21.0%)

Ref

Ref

 

Yes

16/92 (17.4%)

0.8 (0.4 -1.3)

0.7 (0.4 -1.3)

 

Ischaemic heart disease (MV = 1)

   

χ2 = 0.08,

df(1),p = 0.78

No

147/709 (20.7%)

Ref

Ref

 

Yes

7/38 (18.4%)

0.8(0.4 -1.9)

0.9 (0.4 -1.9)

 

Number of self-reported limiting physical impairments (MV = 1)

   

χ2 = 3.65,

df(2),p = 0.16

None

89/479 (18.5%)

Ref

Ref

 

One or two

58/238 (24.3%)

1.3(0.9-1.9)

1.4 (1.0 -1.9)

 

More than three

7/30 (23.3%)

1.3(0.6-2.8)

1.1(0.4 -2.6)

 

Time taken to walk 10 metres (per second) (MV = 6)

-

1.02 (1.01-1.03)

1.02 (1.01-1.04)

χ2 = 5.5,

df(1) p = 0.02

Subjective global health (MV = 1)

   

χ2 = 11.0,

df(3),p = 0.01

Very healthy

63/321 (19.6%)

Ref

Ref

 

Good

51/269(18.9%)

0.9(0.6 -1.3)

0.9(0.6-1.3)

 

Moderate

27/126(21.4%)

1.0(0.6 -1.6)

1.0(0.7 -1.7)

 

Not very healthy

13/31 (41.9%)

2.5(1.3-4.5)

2.9 (1.6 -5.4)

 

WHODAS 12 disability score (per unit)

-

1.023 (1.015-1.030)

1.024 (1.015-1.032)

χ2 = 37.3,

df(1) p < 0.001

  1. 1. MV = Number of missing values