Table 3.

Hazard ratios of all-cause mortality according to dyspnea tertile (n = 479).

	Tertile of dyspnea			p for trend
	Low n = 153	Intermediate n = 160	High n = 166
Person-months of follow up	9684	10452	10963	–
No. of cases	11	8	6	–
Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Crude	1.00	0.67, (0.27–1.66)	0.48, (0.18–1.29)	0.14
Adjusted for age, sex, and BMI	1.00	0.72, (0.28–1.82)	0.48, (0.17–1.31)	0.15
Multivariate#	1.00	0.65, (0.23–1.89)	0.31, (0.10–0.97)	0.04

^#Adjusted for age (70–74, 75–79, 80–84, and 85+ years), sex, body mass index, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, history of coronary heart disease, history of stroke, history of nephropathy, history of hepatic disease, drinking status, smoking status, physical activity, physical performance, depressive symptoms, Mini Mental State Examination, and use of tranquilizers.

p Values for trend are based on median levels in each quartile.