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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2015 Dec 18;39:39–45. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.12.003

Table 2.

Hazard ratios for overall mortality from Cox Proportional Hazards Models.

Model 1:
Confounders
Model 2:
Confounders
plus
Socioeconomic
Model 3:
Confounders
plus Chronic
Diseases
Model 4:
Confounders
plus Behaviors
Model 5:
Confounders
plus all
Mediators

HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Anxiety/depression
  Yes 1.61 (1.40, 1.84) 1.51 (1.32, 1.73) 1.32 (1.14, 1.52) 1.33 (1.16, 1.53) 1.08 (0.93, 1.24)
  No 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age in years 1.09 (1.09, 1.10) 1.09 (1.09, 1.09) 1.08 (1.08, 1.09) 1.10 (1.09, 1.10) 1.08 (1.08, 1.09)
Sex
  Male 1.45 (1.36, 1.56) 1.56 (1.45, 1.68) 1.42 (1.33, 1.53) 1.48 (1.37, 1.60) 1.51 (1.39, 1.64)
  Female 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Race/ethnicity
  Hispanic 0.80 (0.71, 0.90) 0.70 (0.61, 0.80) 0.83 (0.73, 0.94) 0.78 (0.68, 0.89) 0.77 (0.67, 0.89)
  Non-Hispanic white 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Non-Hispanic black 1.41 (1.26, 1.56) 1.26 (1.13, 1.41) 1.33 (1.19, 1.48) 1.31 (1.17, 1.46) 1.18 (1.05, 1.34)
  Non-Hispanic other 0.89 (0.70, 1.12) 0.83 (0.64, 1.07) 0.89 (0.70, 1.15) 0.91 (0.71, 1.16) 0.84 (0.64, 1.11)
Family income
  < $20,000 per year 1.46 (1.33, 1.59) 1.27 (1.15, 1.40)
  >= $20,000 per year 1.00 1.00
Education
  Less than high school 1.35 (1.23, 1.48) 1.17 (1.07, 1.28)
  High school diploma or GED 1.18 (1.07, 1.29) 1.10 (1.00, 1.20)
  More than high school 1.00 1.00
Number of chronic diseases
  0 1.00 1.00
  1 1.43 (1.31, 1.57) 1.49 (1.36, 1.64)
  2 2.04 (1.86, 2.25) 2.08 (1.87, 2.32)
  3 or more 2.93 (2.57, 3.33) 2.87 (2.50, 3.30)
Exercise
  Unable to exercise 2.39 (1.95, 2.94) 1.78 (1.44, 2.20)
  Never exercises 1.41 (1.29, 1.54) 1.34 (1.22, 1.47)
  Exercises < 5/wk 1.06 (0.95, 1.18) 1.08 (0.96, 1.21)
  Exercises >= 5/wk 1.00 1.00
Smoking
  >=1 pack/ day 2.30 (2.02, 2.61) 2.24 (1.97, 2.54)
  < 1 pack/day 2.05 (1.81, 2.32) 2.00 (1.75, 2.27)
  Former 1.25 (1.16, 1.36) 1.22 (1.12, 1.32)
  Never 1.00 1.00
Self-reported BMI
  <20 1.43 (1.26, 1.63) 1.50 (1.31, 1.73)
  20 to <25 1.00 1.00
  25 to <30 0.88 (0.80, 0.95) 0.83 (0.76, 0.90)
  30 to <35 0.94 (0.84, 1.06) 0.82 (0.72, 0.92)
  35+ 1.38 (1.17, 1.61) 1.09 (0.92, 1.28)