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. 2018 Feb 23;33(5):441–458. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0364-1

Table 2.

Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression of all-cause mortality risk for the allostatic load score in 3 groups using data obtained from multiple imputation (N = 8,113)

Crude hazard ratio Model 1 Model 2
Variable References Level HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value HR (95% CI) P-value
Allostatic load Low AL (0 ≤ AL < 3) Mid AL (3 ≤ AL < 5) 1.98 [1.25–3.13] 1.7E−03 1.81 [1.14–2.88] 5.7E−03 1.71 [1.07–2.72] 1.2E−02
High AL (5 ≤ AL ≤ 12) 3.56 [2.3–5.53] 7.0E−09 2.98 [1.9–4.67] 1.1E−06 2.57 [1.59–4.15] 5.6E−05
Sex Men Women 0.65 [0.46–0.93] 9.9E−01 0.65 [0.46–0.93] 9.9E−01 0.68 [0.46–1] 9.8E−01
Mother’s education level Left school at 15 or later Left school before 14 0.65 [0.42–1] 9.7E−01 0.66 [0.43–1.02] 9.7E−01
Father’s social class at birth Non-manual Manual 1.52 [0.91–2.55] 5.2E−02 1.5 [0.89–2.51] 6.2E−02
Overcrowding 1.5 people per room < 1.5 people per room 1.35 [0.77–2.39] 1.5E−01 1.41 [0.79–2.5] 1.2E−01
Mother’s BMI Normal Underweight 0.65 [0.24–1.79] 8.0E−01 0.66 [0.24–1.81] 7.9E−01
Overweight 1.23 [0.79–1.92] 1.7E−01 1.28 [0.82–2] 1.4E−01
Obese 1.55 [0.74–3.27] 1.2E−01 1.59 [0.75–3.39] 1.1E−01
Mother smoked during pregnancy No Sometimes 1.14 [0.56–2.31] 3.6E−01 1.15 [0.56–2.33] 3.5E−01
Moderately 1.17 [0.71–1.91] 2.7E−01 1.14 [0.7–1.88] 3.0E−01
Heavily 1.63 [1.02–2.59] 2.1E−02 1.56 [0.97–2.5] 3.2E−02
Birth weight Q1: low weight Q2 0.85 [0.54–1.33] 7.7E−01 0.83 [0.53–1.3] 7.9E−01
Q3 0.62 [0.37–1.04] 9.6E−01 0.61 [0.36–1.01] 9.7E−01
Q4:high weight 0.69 [0.4–1.17] 9.2E−01 0.66 [0.39–1.13] 9.4E−01
Childhood pathologies No Yes 1.46 [1.01–2.1] 2.1E−02 1.43 [0.99–2.07] 2.7E−02
ACEs None One 0.93 [0.59–1.47] 6.2E−01 0.86 [0.54–1.36] 7.4E−01
Two or more 1.71 [0.99–2.93] 2.6E−02 1.54 [0.89–2.67] 6.0E−02
Malaise inventory at 23 No Yes 1.37 [0.76–2.47] 1.5E−01 1.22 [0.67–2.23] 2.5E−01
Education level at 23 Passed A levels Passed O levels 1.01 [0.56–1.81] 4.9E−01 0.93 [0.51–1.69] 6.0E−01
No qualifications 1.31 [0.73–2.37] 1.8E−01 1.02 [0.53–1.99] 4.7E−01
Social class at 42 Non-manual Manual 1.13 [0.74–1.73] 2.8E−01
Smoking status at 42 Non-smoker Former smoker 0.92 [0.54–1.58] 6.2E−01
Smoker: less than 10 cigarettes 1.19 [0.59–2.43] 3.1E−01
Smoker: 10–19 cigarettes 1.11 [0.6–2.06] 3.7E−01
Smoker: more than 20 cigarettes 1.83 [1.14–2.95] 6.5E−03
Alcohol consumption at 42 Moderate Abstainers 0.74 [0.47–1.19] 8.9E−01
Heavy drinking 1.11 [0.74–1.68] 3.1E−01
Physical activity at 42 Physically active Moderately active 1.14 [0.6–2.16] 3.4E−01
Inactive 1.23 [0.83–1.81] 1.5E−01
BMI at 42 Normal Underweight 1.69 [0.4–7.04] 2.4E−01
Overweight 0.79 [0.52–1.2] 8.6E−01
Obese 1.04 [0.64–1.72] 4.3E−01
House tenure at 42 Own Rent from local authority, housing tenure association 1.48 [0.91–2.4] 5.6E−02
Rent privately 1.28 [0.51–3.2] 3.0E−01
Rent others NA NA
Others 2.05 [0.94–4.47] 3.5E−02