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. 2011 Sep 28;2011:765071. doi: 10.4061/2011/765071

Table 2.

Cox Regression Models Predicting Mortality at 20-year followup by BMI, and age.

Full sample Age groups
75–84 year olds 85–94 years old
CD and NH residents CD CD and NH residents CD CD and NH residents CD
N = 1369 n = 1200 n = 809 n = 752 n = 560 n = 448
HR CI HR CI HR CI HR CI HR CI HR CI

Background
Age 1.068c 1.055–1.081 1.066c 1.052–1.080 1.074c 1.044–1.105 1.073c 1.043–1.105 1.062b 1.025–1.100 1.065b 1.025–1.107
Gender (male=1) 1.31c 1.151–1.492 1.307c 1.138–1.502 1.50c 1.266–1.777 1.518c 1.272–1.813 1.093 .887–1.346 1.049 .834–1.318

Origin
 East .857 .722–1.017 .874 .729–1.048 .972 .777–1.216 1.006 .799–1.268 .731a .559–.955 .715a .533–.958
 West 1.032 .889–1.199 1.043 .888–1.225 1.027 .849–1.244 1.038 .848–1.270 1.028 .805–1.313 1.034 .786–1.359
Years of education .995 .983–1.008 .996 .983–1.010 .997 .980–1.015 .999 .981–1.017 .992 .974–1.011 .993 .972–1.015
Additional income .940 .824–1.071 .933 .812–1.072 .845d .711–1.003 .858 .718–1.026 1.040 .845–1.279 .993 .791–1.247
Had children .702b .568–.868 .680b .535–.863 .657b .501–.861 .622b .464–.835 .791 .554–1.129 .780 .506–1.204

BMI
Obese (>30) 1.117 .930–1.342 1.091 .898–1.326 1.297a 1.026–1.639 1.320a 1.036–1.683 .944 .703–1.268 .854 .616–1.185
Underweight (<22) 1.414c 1.202–1.665 1.409c 1.183–1.677 1.278a 1.014–1.611 1.317a 1.036–1.684 1.474b 1.162–1.870 1.400a 1.075–1.824
χ 2 (df = 2) 16.511c 13.95b 7.374a 8.178a 10.855b 8.188a

a P < .05, b P < .01, c P < .001.

   d.1 > P > .05.

CD= Community Dwellers; NH= Nursing Home; HR= Hazard Ratio= Exp (b); CI= Confidence Interval.