Table 3. Multivariate logistic regression analysis for agreement between UCODs evaluated by death certificates only and clinical and autopsy-based UCODs.
Variables in the model | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | P valuea |
Gender (female vs male) | 1.16 | 0.73, 1.84 | 0.53 |
UCOD in death certificates | <0.0001 | ||
Cancer (vs others) | 0.10 | 0.06, 0.16 | <0.0001 |
Heart Disease (vs others) | 0.34 | 0.18, 0.65 | 0.018 |
Pneumonia (vs others) | 4.44 | 1.66, 11.8 | <0.0001 |
Age | 0.134 | ||
80–89 (vs <80) years | 0.73 | 0.44, 1.21 | 0.050 |
≥90 (vs <80) years | 1.44 | 0.72, 2.88 | 0.114 |
Number of clinical findings (Comorbidity) | 0.75 | ||
2–4 (vs 0–1) | 0.79 | 0.44, 1.45 | 0.59 |
≥5 (vs 0–1) | 0.81 | 0.39, 1.70 | 0.76 |
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; UCOD, underlying cause of death.
aP value was from Wald Chi-Square test.