Table 4.

Factors that affect the mortality of nursing professionals with diabetes

Variables		Unadj. HR	P-value	Adj. HR	95 % CI		P-value
Age
	< 35 (reference)
	35–44	2.28	0.313	1.79	0.35	9.18	0.487
	45–54	3.60	0.098	2.76	0.58	13.13	0.202
	55–64	6.93	0.018	3.31	0.63	17.36	0.157
	≧65	48.29	<0.001	23.54	5.02	110.33	<0.001
Monthly salary (NT$)
	≦17,280 (reference)
	17,281 ~ 22,800	0.50	0.219	0.98	0.30	3.17	0.967
	22,801 ~ 28,800	1.10	0.856	1.37	0.45	4.21	0.579
	28,801 ~ 36,300	0.52	0.308	1.01	0.26	3.98	0.989
	36,301 ~ 45,800	0.31	0.050	0.75	0.21	2.73	0.667
	45,801 ~ 57,800	0.43	0.194	0.58	0.15	2.19	0.422
	≧57,801	0.35	0.202	0.45	0.09	2.39	0.351
Urbanization of residence area
	Level 1 (reference)
	Other Level	0.79	0.476	1.14	0.56	2.33	0.724
Catastrophic illnesses
	No (reference)
	Yes	5.82	<0.001	6.90	2.92	16.29	<0.001
CCI
	< 5 (reference)
	≧5	4.61	0.011	1.29	0.37	4.55	0.688
DCSI
	≦1 (reference)
	2	2.70	0.021	2.20	0.91	5.27	0.078
	≧3	4.79	<0.001	2.72	1.20	6.16	0.017

Abbreviations: CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, DCSI Diabetes Complications Severity Index, PS propensity score

It’s 30 New Taiwan Dollar (NT$) per US dollar

Urbanization level of residence area (overall 7 levels; Level 1 was the most urbanized)

The p values less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant