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. 2013 Jul 3;3(7):e002841. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002841

Table 2.

Results of the regression models with cohort covariates

  Men
Women
Model without frailty
Model with frailty
Model without frailty
Model with frailty
Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI Estimate 95% CI
a 5.241×10–5 5.237×10–5 to 5.245×10–5 4.495×10–5 4.488×10–5 to 4.501×10–5 3.767×10–6 3.755×10–6 to 3.779×10–6 1.605×10–6 1.588×10–6 to 1.623×10–6
b 0.081 0.080 to 0.082 0.083 0.082 to 0.084 0.106 0.105 to 0.107 0.117 0.115 to 0.119
c 0.001 0.001 to 0.001 0.001 0.001 to 0.001
σ2 0.035 0.027 to 0.045 0.096 0.082 to 0.111
Cohort 0.016 0.015 to 0.016 0.016 0.015 to 0.016 0.016 0.015 to 0.016 0.017 0.016 to 0.017
Education level
High 1 1 1 1
Medium 1.166 1.147 to 1.186 1.221 1.200 to 1.243 1.141 1.116 to 1.166 1.111 1.086 to 1.137
Low 1.239 1.221 to 1.257 1.302 1.283 to 1.322 1.246 1.222 to 1.270 1.213 1.188 to 1.238
Region of birth
North-West 1 1 1 1
North-East 1.053 1.036 to 1.070 1.060 1.042 to 1.077 0.989 0.973 to 1.004 0.974 0.958 to 0.991
Centre 1.011 0.984 to 1.038 0.996 0.969 to 1.024 0.939 0.913 to 0.966 0.968 0.939 to 0.998
South 1.000 0.988 to 1.012 0.950 0.938 to 0.962 0.932 0.919 to 0.945 0.987 0.973 to 1.002
Abroad 1.031 1.006 to 1.057 0.998 0.974 to 1.024 1.071 1.047 to 1.096 0.993 0.968 to 1.018
logLk −651 219 −651 082 −663 238 −663 098
AIC 1 302 456 1 302 184 1 326 496 1 326 218

Baseline parameters (Gompertz for men and Makeham for women) and rate ratios of the differentials by education and region of birth.