Table 2 Cox regression derived adjusted* hazard ratios for survival 1984-2008, 9,817 participants of the Swiss MONICA study with educational and marital status information (accumulating 1,519 deaths)
Variable | Hazard ratio | 95% Confidence interval | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age at study entry (years) | 1.107 | (1.101-1.113) | < 0.001 |
MONICA I (1984/85) | 1 | Â | Â |
MONICA II (1988/89) | 0.802 | (0.712-0.904) | < 0.001 |
MONICA III (1992/93) | 0.777 | (0.671-0.900) | 0.001 |
Vaud/Fribourg region | 1 | Â | Â |
Ticino region | 0.868 | (0.777-0.969) | 0.012 |
Women | 1 | Â | Â |
Men | 2.126 | (1.904-2.373) | < 0.001 |
University education | 1 | Â | Â |
Tertiary education | 1.322 | (0.992-1.762) | 0.057 |
Upper secondary education | 1.499 | (1.173-1.915) | 0.001 |
Mandatory education | 1.700 | (1.328-2.176) | < 0.001 |
Married | 1 | Â | Â |
Never married | 1.157 | (0.962-1.391) | 0.121 |
Widowed | 1.069 | (0.881-1.299) | 0.498 |
Divorced | 1.257 | (1.018-1.552) | 0.033 |
Swiss nationals | 1 | Â | Â |
Foreign nationals | 0.993 | (0.848-1.163) | 0.927 |