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. 2011 Apr 15;66A(6):695–704. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glr053

Table 2.

Proportional Hazard Models of Self-Neglect Report and Race/Ethnicity Association With All-Cause Mortality

Model A Model B Model C
Hazard Ratio (95% confidence interval)
Sociodemographic
    Cohort 0.79 (0.69–0.89) 0.83 (0.72–0.95) 0.81 (0.71–0.93)
    Age, centered at 75 y 1.08 (1.08–1.09) 1.04 (1.03–1.05) 1.04 (1.03–1.05)
    Men 1.63 (1.52–1.75) 1.62 (1.49–1.76) 1.61 (1.48–1.75)
    Black 0.79 (0.72–0.86) 0.59 (0.54–0.66) 0.59 (0.54–0.66)
    Income 0.94 (0.92–1.96) 0.98 (0.96–0.99) 0.98 (0.96–0.99)
    Education, centered at 12 y 0.97 (0.96–0.99) 1.01 (0.99–1.02) 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
    Age × Education 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 1.00 (0.99–1.00)
    Sex × Education 1.03 (1.01–1.05) 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
Health-related variables
    Medical conditions 1.18 (1.14–1.23) 1.18 (0.14–1.22)
    Global cognition 0.73 (0.70–0.77) 0.74 (0.71–0.77)
    Physical performance 0.91 (0.90–0.92) 0.91 (0.91–0.92)
    BMI 0.97 (0.97–0.98) 0.97 (0.97–0.98)
    Smoking 1.28 (1.19–1.39) 1.28 (1.18–1.38)
    Alcohol 0.93 (0.85–1.01) 0.93 (0.85–1.01)
Psychosocial variables
    CESD 1.02 (1.01–1.04)
    Social network 0.99 (0.99–1.01)
    Social engagement 0.95 (0.93–0.98)
    Self-neglect 2.79 (2.28–3.41) 2.33 (1.88–2.89) 2.36 (1.90–2.93)
    Log time after report 0.69 (0.66–0.72) 0.69 (0.66–0.73) 0.69 (0.66–0.73)
Black × Self-Neglect Report 1.58 (1.27–1.97) 1.55 (1.22–1.97) 1.53 (1.20–1.93)

Note: Medical conditions, global cognition, physical performance, BMI, CESD, social network, and social engagement were run from lower levels to higher levels. BMI = body mass index; CESD = Center for the Epidemiological Study of Depression scale.