Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the PERU MIGRANT Cohort Study by incident all-cause mortality
| Dead (n=33) N (%) |
Alive (n=895) N (%) |
p Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | <0.01 | ||
| 30–39 | 3 (1.1) | 259 (98.8) | |
| 40–49 | 1 (0.4) | 263 (99.6) | |
| 50–59 | 7 (2.7) | 252 (97.3) | |
| 60+ | 22 (15.4) | 121 (84.6) | |
| Sex | 0.005 | ||
| Female | 11 (2.2) | 482 (97.8) | |
| Male | 22 (5.1) | 413 (94.9) | |
| Site/migration status | 0.07 | ||
| Rural | 10 (5.0) | 191 (95.0) | |
| Migrant | 14 (2.6) | 526 (97.4) | |
| Urban | 9 (4.8) | 178 (95.2) | |
| Education | 0.01 | ||
| Primary school or less | 24 (5.3) | 430 (94.7) | |
| Secondary school or more | 9 (1.9) | 463 (98.1) | |
| Asset index (tertiles) | 0.02 | ||
| Lowest | 19 (5.7) | 313 (94.3) | |
| Middle | 8 (2.7) | 294 (97.4) | |
| Highest | 6 (2.0) | 288 (96.4) | |
| Current smoking | 0.11 | ||
| Yes | 6 (6.0) | 94 (94.0) | |
| No | 27 (3.3) | 801 (96.7) | |
| Alcohol use | 0.77 | ||
| High | 3 (3.9) | 75 (96.2) | |
| Low | 30 (3.5) | 820 (96.5) | |
| Physical activity | 0.69 | ||
| Low | 10 (4.2) | 231 (95.8) | |
| Moderate/high | 23 (3.4) | 656 (96.6) | |
| High total cholesterol (>200 mg/dL) | 0.008 | ||
| Yes | 5 (1.7) | 281 (98.3) | |
| No | 28 (4.4) | 613 (95.6) | |
| Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) | 0.28 | ||
| Yes | 5 (2.6) | 185 (97.4) | |
| No | 28 (3.8) | 710 (96.2) | |
| Hypertension | 0.0001 | ||
| Yes | 13 (8.6) | 138 (91.4) | |
| No | 20 (2.6) | 756 (97.4) | |
| Diabetes | 0.55 | ||
| Yes | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) | |
| No | 31 (3.5) | 857 (96.5) |
*
Log rank test for equality of survivor functions.
BMI, body mass index.