Table 2.
Hazard ratio for all-cause mortality among patients with newly diagnosed hypertension
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI |
| Age | ||||
| 20 ~ 49 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 50 ~ 59 | 1.88 | (1.65–2.15) | 2.35 | (2.06–2.68) |
| 60 ~ 69 | 4.41 | (3.93–4.96) | 4.85 | (4.31–5.46) |
| ≥70 | 15.49 | (13.87–17.30) | 12.60 | (11.26–14.11) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1.10 | (1.05–1.15) | 1.56 | (1.49–1.63) |
| Female | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Health insurance type | ||||
| National health insurance | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Medical aid | 1.58 | (1.40–1.79) | 0.80 | (0.70–0.91) |
| Income, N (%) | ||||
| Low (≤20th percentile) | 1.27 | (1.19–1.35) | 1.25 | (1.17–1.34) |
| Middle (21st–80th percentile) | 0.95 | (0.90–1.00) | 1.16 | (1.10–1.22) |
| High (≥81st percentile) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Carstairs index, N (%) | ||||
| Disadvantaged neighborhood (below median) | 1.03 | (0.95–1.10) | 1.08 | (1.02–1.15) |
| Advantaged neighborhood (above median) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Residential area | ||||
| Metropolitan | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Urban | 1.11 | (1.06–1.17) | 1.04 | (0.98–1.11) |
| Rural | 1.47 | (1.38–1.57) | 1.14 | (1.05–1.24) |
| Charlson comorbidity indexa | ||||
| 0–1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 2 | 1.46 | (1.37–1.55) | 1.25 | (1.18–1.34) |
| 3 | 2.15 | (2.01–2.30) | 1.67 | (1.56–1.79) |
| ≥4 | 4.41 | (4.17–4.66) | 2.69 | (2.54–2.85) |
| Number of risk factors | ||||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| with diabetes or dyslipidemia | 0.57 | (0.54–0.60) | 0.63 | (0.60–0.66) |
| with diabetes and dyslipidemia | 0.26 | (0.23–0.29) | 0.36 | (0.33–0.40) |
| Disability | ||||
| Normal | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Mild disability | 1.47 | (1.36–1.59) | 1.11 | (1.03–1.21) |
| Severe disability | 3.00 | (2.77–3.27) | 1.44 | (1.33–1.57) |
| Health screening during follow-up period | ||||
| 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 2 | 0.31 | (0.29–0.34) | 0.39 | (0.36–0.42) |
| ≥3 | 0.11 | (0.10–0.12) | 0.17 | (0.16–0.19) |
acalculated by extracting diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia from among comorbidity components