Table 3.
Associations between physical capability and mortality after multivariable adjustment.
| Hazard ratio (95% Confidence Interval)b |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Capability | N | Deaths | Model 2 (age, sex, body size) | Model 3 (all except co-morbidity) | Model 4 (+co-morbidity) |
| Grip | |||||
| Q1 | 2136 | 290 | 2.00 (1.49, 2.70) | 1.84 (1.36, 2.49) | 1.80 (1.33, 2.43) |
| Q2 | 2038 | 173 | 1.65 (1.23, 2.22) | 1.61 (1.20, 2.17) | 1.50 (1.12, 2.03) |
| Q3 | 2085 | 112 | 1.35 (0.99, 1.83) | 1.30 (0.96, 1.77) | 1.29 (0.95, 1.75) |
| Q4 | 2218 | 67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| TCSS | |||||
| Q1a | 939 | 173 | 2.84 (2.12, 3.78) | 2.46 (1.83, 3.31) | 2.29 (1.70, 3.09) |
| Q2 | 2512 | 219 | 1.81 (1.39, 2.37) | 1.65 (1.26, 2.16) | 1.55 (1.18, 2.03) |
| Q3 | 2504 | 167 | 1.68 (1.29, 2.19) | 1.59 (1.22, 2.08) | 1.56 (1.19, 2.04) |
| Q4 | 2522 | 83 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| UWS | |||||
| Q1 | 2152 | 326 | 2.63 (1.93, 3.56) | 2.35 (1.72, 3.19) | 2.16 (1.59, 2.95) |
| Q2 | 2096 | 177 | 2.05 (1.51, 2.78) | 1.94 (1.43, 2.64) | 1.86 (1.36, 2.53) |
| Q3 | 2103 | 83 | 1.18 (0.84, 1.66) | 1.17 (0.83, 1.65) | 1.16 (0.83, 1.63) |
| Q4 | 2126 | 56 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| SB | |||||
| Unable | 1086 | 184 | 1.49 (1.24, 1.79) | 1.37 (1.14, 1.66) | 1.33 (1.10, 1.61) |
| Able | 7391 | 458 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
a
Those unable to do the test for health reasons.
b
Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, height & weight. Model 3: adjusted for model 2 + social class, wealth, smoking status, alcohol intake, waist circumference (WC), television (TV) viewing time, physical activity, Model 4: adjusted for model 3 + history of cancer (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer), diabetes, stroke and heart attack.