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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2013 Feb 4;21:133–139. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.12.008

Table 3.

Birth in the AF-risk zone, childhood risk factors, and hazard ratios for AF-related mortality, HRS participants.

Model 1: Paternal
Education
Model 2: Childhood
Poverty
Model 3: Short Stature Model 4: Own Education Model 5: All Childhood
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)





Birth in AF-risk zone 1.77 (1.20 to 2.64) 1.74 (1.17 to 2.58) 1.72 (1.16 to 2.56) 1.77 (1.19 to 2.63) 1.66 (1.12 to 2.46)
Age at enrollment 1.14 (1.12 to 1.16) 1.13 (1.11 to 1.14) 1.15 (1.13 to 1.17) 1.14 (1.13 to 1.16) 1.13 (1.11 to 1.15)
Male (vs female) 1.21 (0.93 to 1.58) 1.14 (0.87 to 1.50) 0.77 (0.52 to 1.12) 1.21 (0.93 to 1.59) 0.69 (0.47 to 1.02)
Black (vs. all other) 0.66 (0.43 to 1.13) 0.58 (0.38 to 0.90) 0.65 (0.42 to 1.00) 0.64 (0.41 to 1.00) 0.57 (0.37 to 0.90)
Paternal education <8 years 0.79 (0.47 to 1.32) - - - 0.77 (0.46 to 1.29)
Self-reported childhood socioeconomic disadvantage 1.12 (0.95 to 1.33) - - 1.13 (0.95 to 1.33)
Height, inches 1.08 (1.03 to 1.13) - 1.09 (1.04 to 1.14)
Education completed, years 0.99 (0.95 to 1.02) 0.99 (0.96 to 1.03)

Each column presents coefficients from a single regression model. No covariates other than those listed were included in the models.