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Table 4 Sex-adjusted univariate associations of Wave 1 health status variables with mortality.

From: All-cause mortality in the Aberdeen 1921 birth cohort: Effects of socio-demographic, physical and cognitive factors

Variable

Odds ratio

95% confidence intervals

History of any disease

1.07

0.23–4.94

Any medicine prescribed

1.01

0.56–1.83

History of heart disease

1.80

1.07–3.03

History of hypertension

0.66

0.40–1.11

History of diabetes

1.70

0.61–4.74

Height

0.99 per cm

0.94–1.04

Weight

0.97 per kg

0.94–0.996

Systolic BP

1.0 per mmHg

0.99–1.01

Diastolic BP

0.99 per mmHg

0.97–1.01

PEFR

0.996 per l/min

0.993–0.999

FEV 1

0.42 per l

0.23–0.76

FVC

0.76 per l

0.47–1.22

Smoking habit

0.96 ex-smoker

0.56–1.63

 

6.12 current smoker

2.27–16.5

Alcohol use

1.0 per unit

0.97–1.03

HADS anxiety score

1.12 per point

1.02–1.22

HADS depression score

1.18 per point

1.06–1.31