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. 2009 Nov;37(6):573–580. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2008.12.002

Table 2.

Odds ratio for a diagnosed condition per SD of AFQT score.

Health problem Age and sex adjusted
Age, sex and SES adjusted
Yes Sample size Odds ratio Confidence interval p Odds ratio Confidence interval p
Stroke 20 2182 0.66 0.38 to 1.15 0.1470 0.81 0.43 to 1.53 0.5165
Congestive heart failure 20 7458 0.70 0.42 to 1.15 0.1557 0.59 0.32 to 1.07 0.0834
Chronic lung disease 222 7461 0.78 0.67 to 0.90 0.0007 0.77 0.64 to 0.92 0.0037
Heart problems 228 7460 0.84 0.73 to 0.96 0.0136 0.87 0.73 to 1.03 0.1116
Hypertension 1279 7460 0.84 0.79 to 0.89 <.0001 0.89 0.83 to 0.97 0.0047
Diabetes 396 7461 0.88 0.79 to 0.98 0.0168 0.98 0.86 to 1.11 0.7037
Arthritis/rheumatism 797 7454 0.90 0.83 to 0.97 0.0048 0.90 0.82 to 0.99 0.0327
Emotional/nervous/psychiatric 532 7458 1.02 0.93 to 1.12 0.7010 1.02 0.91 to 1.14 0.7251
Non-skin cancer 145 7462 1.08 0.91 to 1.28 0.3752 0.90 0.73 to 1.11 0.3349

The question on Stroke was only included in 2004, hence the smaller sample size.