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. 2011 Jul 20;11:579. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-579

Table 2.

Predictors of all-cause mortality in participants with high vs medium/low life satisfaction.

No. of subjects/No. of deaths Crude modela Model cardio-vascular risk factorsb Model healthc Model psychological determinants LSd Model social determinants LSe
All-cause mortality

All 2675/245 0.61 (0.44 - 0.86) ** 0.68 (0.49 - 0.95) * 0.64 (0.46 - 0.90) ** 0.77 (0.54 - 1.09) 0.63 (0.45 - 0.88) **
AIC 3513.3 3471.7 3466.1 3489 3506.7

Women 1252/62 0.93 (0.49 - 1.76) 0.95 (0.50 - 1.80) 0.88 (0.47 - 1.65) 1.13 (0.58 - 2.17) 0.93 (0.50 - 1.76)
AIC 772.4 776.7 764.9 772.4 773.9

Men 1423/183 0.55 (0.37 - 0.81) ** 0.61 (0.41 - 0.91) * 0.58 (0.39 - 0.86) ** 0.68 (0.45 - 1.02) 0.57 (0.38 - 0.84) **
AIC 2456.5 2421.5 2415.4 2442.5 2449.2

All-cause mortality for participants with no baseline diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or stroke; n = 89)

All 2586/156 0.62 (0.41 - 0.94) * 0.71 (0.47 - 1.07) - 0.80 (0.52 - 1.22) 0.64 (0.42 - 0.96) *
AIC 2816.9 2819.2 2847.9 2856

Women 1229/39 1.12 (0.53 - 2.38) 1.23 (0.58 - 2.63) - 1.24 (0.57 - 2.71) 1.13 (0.53 - 2.38)
AIC 659 661.9 660.5 660.7

Men 1357/117 0.52 (0.32 - 0.85) ** 0.60 (0.37 - 0.99) * - 0.68 (0.41 - 1.13) 0.54 (0.33 - 0.88) *
AIC 1964 1929.8 1960 1957

Hazard Ratios [HR (95%CI)] for life satisfaction for all-cause mortality. Data are separated for all participants and only healthy participants.

* p < .05; ** p < .01

a adjusted for sex (only for all participants) and age

b adjusted for sex (only for all participants), age, alcohol consumption; obesity; hypertension; smoking; physical activity and hypercholesterolemia

c adjusted for sex (only for all participants), age, presence of comorbidities and use of medication

d adjusted for sex (only for all participants), age, presence of somatic symptoms, depressed mood, impaired self-rated health, impaired health status, disposition to irritation, anger and low social network index

e adjusted for sex (only for all participants), age and low net income.