Table 3.
Relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regression models of type of death by sex and frailty of participants in Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey
| Variables | Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1*: relative risk ratio (95% CI) | Model 2†: relative risk ratio (95% CI) | Model 1*: relative risk ratio (95% CI) | Model 2†: relative risk ratio (95% CI) | ||
| <30 bedridden days with no suffering v survival | |||||
| Frailty index fourth: | |||||
| First (least frail) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | |
| Second | 1.21 (0.90 to 1.64) | 1.19 (0.88 to 1.62) | 1.83 (1.40 to 2.39) | 1.77 (1.35 to 2.32) | |
| Third | 1.90 (1.48 to 2.44) | 1.87 (1.45 to 2.41) | 2.98 (2.26 to 3.94) | 2.81 (2.12 to 3.73) | |
| Fourth (most frail) | 4.02 (3.44 to 6.43) | 4.16 (3.16 to 5.47) | 5.67 (4.29 to 7.49) | 5.28 (3.95 to 7.06) | |
| <30 bedridden days with suffering v survival | |||||
| Frailty index fourth: | |||||
| First | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | |
| Second | 1.14 (0.84 to 1.54) | 1.11 (0.82 to 1.50) | 1.85 (1.43 to 2.40) | 1.77 (1.37 to 2.30) | |
| Third | 1.96 (1.53 to 2.51) | 1.82 (1.41 to 2.34) | 2.19 (1.65 to 2.91) | 2.02 (1.52 to 2.68) | |
| Fourth | 4.42 (3.43 to 5.70) | 3.87 (1.96 to 3.32) | 4.27 (3.22 to 5.65) | 3.87 (2.90 to 5.16) | |
| ≥30 bedridden days with no suffering v survival | |||||
| Frailty index fourth: | |||||
| First | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | |
| Second | 1.47 (0.93 to 2.36) | 1.45 (0.90 to 2.31) | 2.13 (1.44 to 3.17) | 2.06 (1.39 to 3.06) | |
| Third | 2.32 (1.57 to 3.41) | 2.20 (1.49 to 3.24) | 4.29 (2.90 to 6.35) | 4.00 (2.68 to 5.96) | |
| Fourth | 7.61 (5.21 to 11.13) | 6.67 (4.51 to 9.85) | 11.53 (7.84 to 16.96) | 10.53 (7.06 to 15.70) | |
| ≥30 bedridden days with suffering v survival | |||||
| Frailty index fourth: | |||||
| First | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | |
| Second | 1.62 (1.10 to 2.39) | 1.58 (1.07 to 2.33) | 1.69 (1.22 to 2.35) | 1.61 (1.16 to 2.24) | |
| Third | 2.36 (1.70 to 3.27) | 2.23 (1.60 to 3.09) | 2.97 (2.10 to 4.19) | 2.66 (1.87 to 3.76) | |
| Fourth | 8.70 (6.31 to 12.00) | 7.75 (5.54 to 10.83) | 6.98 (5.00 to 9.75) | 5.96 (4.23 to 8.39) | |
*Adjusted for age, ethnicity, and urban residence.
†Adjusted for age, ethnicity, urban residence, socioeconomic status, social contact and support, and health practices.