Table 5.
Odds Ratios (ORs) Predicting Death: NHANES III
| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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| OR | p | OR | p | OR | p | |
| Age (y) | 1.07 | .0000 | 1.08 | .0000 | 1.08 | .0000 |
| Female | 0.64 | .0000 | 0.65 | .0000 | 0.65 | .0000 |
| Poor | 6.99 | .0000 | 5.56 | .0002 | 5.92 | .0002 |
| Age-poor interaction | 1.02 | .0001 | 1.02 | .0008 | 1.02 | .0006 |
| Number of biological risk factors | 1.22 | .0001 | 1.26 | .0000 | 1.27 | .0000 |
| Current smoking | 1.78 | .0000 | 1.75 | .0000 | ||
| Heavy drinking | 1.34 | .1327 | 1.37 | .1013 | ||
| No exercise | 1.08 | .4421 | 1.08 | .4280 | ||
| Normal BMI is reference | ||||||
| Low BMI (<18.5) | 1.86 | .0034 | 1.93 | .0019 | ||
| High BMI (≥30) | 0.80 | .0075 | 0.76 | .0020 | ||
| White is referencea | ||||||
| Black | 1.20 | .0277 | ||||
| Hispanic | 0.69 | .0018 | ||||
| N | 14,912 | 14,443 | 14,443 | |||
| Approximate chi square (−2 log L ratio) (df) | 3,204.50 (5) | 3,203.07 (10) | 3,223.78 (12) | |||
Notes: NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; BMI = body mass index.
a
White includes race or ethnic groups other than black and Hispanic.