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. 2016 Apr 5;26(4):191–198. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20150010

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.