Skip to main content
. 2019 Nov 18;16:40. doi: 10.1186/s12014-019-9258-9

Table 2.

Incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in relation to self-rated health

Self-rated health p for trenda
7 6 5 4 1–3
N (= 4521) 904 1261 1184 772 400
Incident CVD (n = 830) 145 204 230 158 93
Incidence (per 1000 person-years) 8 8 10 10 12
Model 1b Reference 1.06 (0.85, 1.31) 1.38 (1.12, 1.70) 1.55 (1.23, 1.94) 2.00 (1.54, 2.60) < 0.0001
Model 2c Reference 1.09 (0.88, 1.35) 1.32 (1.07, 1.63) 1.43 (1.14, 1.79) 1.70 (1.30, 2.21) < 0.001
Model 3d Reference 1.13 (0.91, 1.40) 1.35 (1.10, 1.67) 1.41 (1.12, 1.77) 1.64 (1.25, 2.15) < 0.0001
Incident mortality (n = 1445) 289 351 387 269 149
Incidence (per 1000 person-years) 15 13 15 16 18
Model 1b Reference 0.95 (0.81, 1.11) 1.17 (1.01, 1.36) 1.32 (1.12, 1.56) 1.65 (1.36, 2.02) < 0.0001
Model 2c Reference 0.97 (0.83, 1.13) 1.15 (0.98, 1.34) 1.23 (1.04, 1.45) 1.36 (1.11, 1.67) < 0.0001
Model 3d Reference 0.98 (0.84, 1.15) 1.12 (0.96, 1.31) 1.14 (0.96, 1.35) 1.20 (0.97, 1.47) 0.02

HR hazard ratio

aAnalysis by Cox proportional hazards model

bAdjusted for sex and age

cAdjusted for sex, age, body mass index, smoking, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive drug medication, and diabetes

dAdjusted for sex, age, body mass index, alcohol consumption, smoking, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive drug medication, diabetes, comorbidity, education level, living alone, low physical activity, sleep duration, unemployment, and psychiatric medication