Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Feb 2;75:70–77. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.01.023

Table 1. Association between cohort and registry characteristics and risk of missed record links.

IRR (95%CI)

HIV Status HIV-ve 1
HIV+ve 4.03 (3.26-4.99)
Age, years >55 1
40-55 0.87 (0.77-0.99)
<40 1.18 (0.99-1.41)
Year of admission <2006 1
>2006 2.19 (2.01-2.39)
Year of cohort entry > 2002 1
<2002 1.77 (1.43-2.19)
Death record No 1
Yes 13.09 (8.04-21.30)
Ethnicity Other 1
Anglo-Australian/Anglo-Celtic 1.49 (1.15-1.93)
Country of Birth Other 1
Australia 1.46 (1.16-1.84)
Education University or Postgraduate 1
Tertiary education 1.83 (1.40-2.39)
Completed high school 1.33 (0.99-1.79)
10 years of high-school or less 3.16 (2.33-4.28)
Employment Employed 1
Unemployed 3.99 (3.07-5.20)
Income per week, $AUD >1500 1
1000-1499 0.36 (0.28-0.46)
500-999 0.39 (0.29-0.52)
<500 0.36 (0.27-0.49)
Residential postcode area Inner Regional 1
Major City 0.86 (0.45-1.64)
Outer Regional 1.50 (0.19-11.71)
Prior experience of discrimination No 1
Yes 3.98 (2.87-5.51)
Kessler 6 Scale (Psychological Distress) Low 1
Moderate 1.62 (1.23-2.13)
High 3.60 (2.76-4.70)
Daily Smoker No
Yes 1.44 (1.15-1.79)
Injecting drug use No 1
Yes 1.17 (0.78-1.75)
Hepatitis C Positive (self-report) No 1
Yes 1.25 (0.82-1.91)

Abbreviations: IRR- Incidence rate ratio; 95% CI- 95% confidence intervals;