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Table 3 Hazard ratios for control factors: without and with life weariness/suicidal thoughts

From: Life weariness, suicidal thoughts and mortality: a sixteen-year longitudinal study among men and women older than 60 years

 

Without life weariness and suicidal thoughts

With life weariness and suicidal thoughts

HR

CI

p value

HR

CI

p value

Sex-age interaction

 Female 60–69 ys

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Female 70–79 ys

3.83

3.22–4.55

< 0.001

4.65

2.87–7.54

< 0.001

 Female 80+ ys

11.27

9.54–13.31

< 0.001

12.49

7.93–19.66

< 0.001

 Male 60–69 ys

1.77

1.47–2.12

< 0.001

1.87

1.04–3.36

< 0.001

 Male 70–79 ys

7.25

6.09–8.63

< 0.001

9.77

5.93–16.08

< 0.001

 Male 80+ ys

17.20

14.47–20.45

< 0.001

22.39

13.85–36.18

< 0.001

Education

 Primary school

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Secondary school or higher education

1.12

1.02–1.22

0.013

1.22

1.00–1.48

0.047

Marital status

 Married

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Widow/-er

1.38

1.24–1.54

< 0.001

1.10

0.86–1.39

0.452

 Unmarried

1.41

1.22–1.63

< 0.001

0.91

0.64-1.31

0.613

 Divorced

1.21

1.04–1.41

0.013

1.34

0.80–1.62

0.485

 Living apart

0.96

0.72–1.28

0.783

1.03

0.37–2.83

0.960

Housing

 Community dwelling

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Residential care facility or other

1.53

1.25–1.87

< 0.001

2.23

1.57–3.18

< 0.001

Geographic area

 Urban

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Semi-urban

1.13

1.04–1.24

0.005

0.78

0.64–0.95

0.015

 Rural

1.17

0.88–1.56

0.284

1.45

0.45–4.65

0.532

Financial difficulties in the past year

 No

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Yes

1.04

0.86–1.24

0.714

1.30

0.88–1.92

0.189

Able to access EUR 1,400 within a week

 Yes

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 No

1.22

1.08–1.38

0.001

1.22

0.97–1.53

0.089

Feeling lonely

 No

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Yes

1.12

1.03–1.23

0.012

0.97

0.79–1.18

0.738

Country of birth

 Sweden

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Other Nordic country

1.35

1.09–1.67

0.007

1.24

0.75–2.05

0.403

 Other European country

0.83

0.67–1.02

0.079

0.90

0.57–1.42

0.644

 Outside Europe

0.99

0.73–1.33

0.925

4.13

1.51–11.34

0.006

Depression

 No

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 Yes

0.92

0.82–1.04

0.192

1.26

1.02–1.57

0.034

Do you have someone who can help you when you are ill?

 Yes

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 No

1.15

0.98–1.35

0.079

1.04

0.78–1.37

0.799

Number of individuals you know well enough that you can talk to them about everything

 ≥ 10

Ref

-

-

Ref

-

-

 4–9

1.11

0.99–1.24

0.67

0.89

0.63–1.26

0.738

 0–3

1.12

1.00–1.26

0.50

0.98

0.70–1.39

0.508

  1. Log likelihood p value < 0.001. Cox regression analyses with enter model. Significant factors in bold. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, EUR euros
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