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Table 6 Hazard rate ratio of death (HR), mortality rates per 1,000 person-years (MR), relative index of inequality (RII) and slope index of inequality (SII) among Chinese middle-aged and older adults (n = 11,429)

From: Reliability and predictive validity of two scales of self-rated health in China: results from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Self-rated health

N, %

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

MR per 1,000 person-years

RII (95% CI)

SII (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Scale 1

Excellent/Very good

1102 (9.64)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

13.98

3.25

(2.58,4.09)

14.80

(12.34,16.97)

Good

2046 (17.90)

1.25 (0.90,1.74)

0.18

1.26 (0.90,1.75)

0.18

1.24 (0.89,1.73)

0.20

Fair

5403 (47.27)

1.45 (1.08,1.95)

0.01

1.45 (1.07,1.95)

0.02

1.39 (1.03,1.88)

0.03

Poor

2878 (25.18)

2.59 (1.92,3.49)

 < 0.001

2.46 (1.82,3.31)

 < 0.001

2.30 (1.70,3.13)

 < 0.001

Scale 2

Very good

738 (6.46)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Ref

 

13.98

3.50

(2.76,4.43)

15.53

(13.09,17.66)

Good

2029 (17.75)

0.91 (0.63,1.31)

0.62

0.90 (0.63,1.30)

0.58

0.90 (0.62,1.29)

0.56

Fair

5724 (50.08)

1.10 (0.79,1.52)

0.56

1.08 (0.78,1.50)

0.65

1.04 (0.75,1.45)

0.81

Poor/Very poor

2938 (25.71)

2.11 (1.53,2.93)

 < 0.001

1.98 (1.43,2.75)

 < 0.001

1.86 (1.33,2.60)

 < 0.001

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age and sex
  2. Model 2: additionally adjusted for area type and education
  3. Model 3: additionally adjusted for chronic diseases and major accidental injuries
  4. CI confidence interval, HR hazard rate ratio, MR mortality rate, RII relative index of inequality, SII slope index of inequality