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Table 3 Adjusted Hazard Ratios (HR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) for mortality

From: The excess mortality risk of diabetes associated with functional decline in older adults: Results from a 7-year follow-up of a nationwide cohort in Taiwan

  Total History of diagnosed diabetes Functional status
   No Yes High Middle Low
N 1873 1587 286 894 836 143
Deaths 428 340 88 140 204 84
Person years 11644.0 9974.1 1669.9 5848.1 5147.9 648.1
Mortality Rate (per 1,000 person-years) 36.8 34.1 52.7 23.9 39.6 129.6
Model*: HR (95% CI)   Reference 1.54 (1.22-1.95) - - -
Model†: HR (95% CI)   Reference 1.43 (1.13-1.83) - - -
Model*: HR (95% CI)   - - Reference 1.48 (1.19-1.86) 3.60 (2.66-4.88)
Model†: HR (95% CI)   - - Reference 1.43 (1.14-1.80) 3.44 (2.44-4.84)
Model†: HR (95% CI)   Reference 1.28 (1.00-1.64) Reference 1.41 (1.12-1.77) 3.28 (2.32-4.63)
  1. *Adjusted for age and sex.
  2. †Adjusted for age, sex, education, marital status, current smoking, heart disease, hypertension, and stroke.
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