Table 6.
Sustained enjoyment of life up to 2006 and mortality from 2008 to 2013 in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing cohort (n=9234)
| No of reports of high enjoyment of life between 2002 and 2006 per participant | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | One | Two | Three | Per one report increase | |
| All cause mortality (No (%)) | 355 (30%) | 279 (24%) | 262 (22%) | 283 (24%) | — |
| Covariates (hazard ratio (95% CI)): | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 (reference) | 0.87 (0.72 to 1.04) | 0.73 (0.62 to 0.88) | 0.58 (0.48 to 0.70) | 0.83 (0.78 to 0.88) |
| Fully adjusted1 | 1 (reference) | 0.94 (0.78 to 1.13) | 0.84 (0.70 to 1.01) | 0.72 (0.61 to 0.86) | 0.90 (0.85 to 0.95) |
Results based on 10 imputed datasets.
*Wealth, education, ethnicity, marital status, employment, fair/poor self-rated health, limiting longstanding illness, coronary heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lung disease, diabetes, arthritis, impaired mobility and activities of daily living, depressive illness, and current symptoms of depression.