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. 2012 Feb 28;3(1):66–76.

Table 4.

Hazard Ratio (HR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for risk of all-cause, cancer-specific, and cardiovascular death, stratified by Charlson comorbidity index. All models were adjusted for age, gender, socio-economic status. *Also adjusted for history of cancer prior to measurement. ^Also adjusted for history of circulatory disease prior to measurement.

Total Men Women

  All cause Cancer* Circulatory^ All cause Cancer* Circulatory^ All cause Cancer* Circulatory^
  HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI) HR(95%CI)
Charlson = 0

Score=0 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Score=1 1.40 (1.31-1.49) 1.30 (1.16-1.46) 1.42 (1.28-1.57) 1.33 (1.22-1.44) 1.21 (1.05-1.40) 1.35 (1.18-1.54) 1.51 (1.36-1.67) 1.45 (1.21-1.73) 1.54 (1.32-1.80)
Score=2 2.14 (1.92-2.39) 1.89 (1.57-2.29) 2.18 (1.84-2.58) 2.11 (1.85-2.41) 1.82 (1.44-2.29) 2.33 (1.91-2.85) 2.09 (1.72-2.54) 1.89 (1.32-2.71) 1.67 (1.21-2.31)
Score=3 3.49 (2.74-4.45) 3.39 (2.22-5.18) 3.62 (2.52-5.21) 3.90 (2.91-5.22) 3.22 (1.89-5.49) 4.63 (3.04-7.04) 2.71 (1.74-4.22) 3.57 (1.77-7.18) 1.96 (0.93-4.13)

Charlson = 1

Score=0 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Score=1 1.33 (1.17-1.52) 1.29 (0.95-1.74) 1.25 (1.04-1.49) 1.24 (1.04-1.47) 1.13 (0.76-1.69) 1.31 (1.04-1.65) 1.48 (1.21-1.80) 1.52 (0.95-2.43) 1.14 (0.85-1.53)
Score=2 1.80 (1.49-2.18) 1.37 (0.85-2.20) 2.06 (1.62-2.62) 1.65 (1.30-2.09) 1.10 (0.59-2.06) 1.95 (1.44-2.65) 2.09 (1.52-2.88) 1.90 (0.92-3.90) 2.37 (1.59-3.55)
Score=3 2.49 (1.74-3.56) 1.91 (0.76-4.78) 2.43 (1.50-3.92) 2.45 (1.62-3.69) 1.10 (0.34-3.56) 2.57 (1.50-4.38) 2.18 (1.03-4.62) 15.98 (3.64-70.10) 1.83 (0.58-5.74)

Charlson = 2

Score=0 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Score=1 1.38 (1.20-1.58) 1.08 (0.86-1.36) 1.60 (1.30-1.98) 1.19 (0.98-1.45) 0.80 (0.57-1.13) 1.52 (1.33-2.03) 1.57 (1.30-1.90) 1.41 (1.04-1.92) 1.70 (1.24-2.32)
Score=2 2.22 (2.82-2.72) 2.16 (1.53-3.04) 2.13 (1.55-2.93) 2.02 (1.53-2.67) 2.26 (1.45-3.52) 1.92 (1.25-2.97) 2.43 (1.81-3.26) 2.04 (1.17-3.54) 2.30 (1.43-3.69)
Score=3 3.19 (2.18-4.65) 5.10 (2.83-9.19) 2.69 (1.49-4.86) 2.61 (1.58-4.28) 4.43 (2.03-9.67) 2.01 (0.92-4.39) 4.04 (2.26-7.22) 6.24 (2.54-15.31) 4.21 (1.71-10.36)

Charlson = 3

Score=0 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Score=1 1.27 (0.99-1.61) 1.31 (0.76-2.27) 1.30 (0.93-1.81) 1.05 (0.76-1.45) 0.79 (0.37-1.68) 0.94 (0.61-1.44) 1.56 (1.09-2.23) 2.01 (0.93-4.35) 2.14 (1.28-3.57)
Score=2 1.71 (1.25-2.33) 3.72 (2.02-6.85) 1.35 (0.87-2.10) 1.18 (0.79-1.76) 2.27 (0.96-5.34) 0.98 (0.57-1.67) 3.44 (2.12-5.57) 10.05 (4.11-24.59) 2.51 (1.17-5.39)
Score=3 2.80 (1.57-4.98) 8.69 (2.90-26.05) 2.09 (0.89-4.89) 2.71 (1.38-5.34) 5.90 (1.64-21.17) 1.79 (0.69-4.64) 2.63 (0.82-8.44) 48.72 (5.04-471.16) 1.90 (0.26-14.20)

Charlson = 4

Score=0 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Score=1 1.34 (1.04-1.73) 0.79 (0.46-1.36) 1.67 (1.16-2.40) 1.28 (0.89-1.83) 0.82 (0.39-1.72) 1.60 (0.97-2.64) 1.44 (1.00-2.06) 0.78 (0.35-1.75) 1.82 (1.08-3.10)
Score=2 1.78 (1.32-2.40) 1.47 (0.80-2.70) 1.93 (1.26-2.97) 1.70 (1.13-2.56) 1.82 (0.87-3.79) 1.74 (0.97-3.14) 1.98 (1.26-3.12) 1.05 (0.29-3.74) 2.22 (1.17-4.22)
Score=3 4.24 (2.68-6.71) 4.62 (2.12-10.53) 4.50 (2.22-9.09) 5.67 (3.08-10.43) 8.76 (3.30-23.25) 4.22 (1.53-11.64) 2.88 (1.36-6.09) 1.03 (0.13-7.91) 5.13 (1.89-13.90)