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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2016 Mar 26;72(4):646–655. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv093

Table 4. Association between low socio-economic position and mortality.

Socio-economic positions H.R (95% C.I)a
Higher Reference
Lowest Model I: 1.5 (1.1-2.1)*
Model II: 1.5 (1.1-2.1)*
Model III: 1.6 (1.2-2.2)*
Model III Covariates H.R (95% C.I)a

Age over 80 years 1.7 (1.1-2.5)*
Female gender 0.8 (0.6-1.2)
No formal Education 0.9 (0.5-1.8)
Urban place of residence 0.7 (0.5-1.1)
Rural place of residence 0.6 (0.4-0.8)
Underweight 1.4 (0.9-2.2)
Overweight 0.8 (0.5-1.2)
Obese 0.8 (0.5-1.2)
Poor social engagement 1.3 (0.8-2.0)
Moderate Physical activity 0.5 (0.9-2.5)
Poor physical activity 2.0 (1.1-3.8)*

Model I= Unadjusted; Model II= adjusted for age, gender, and education; Model III = adjusted for age, gender, education, Residence, weight, social engagement, and physical activities.

a

Based on discrete time proportional hazard model with multiply imputed data