Table 3. Percentage Attenuation of Sex-Adjusted Associations Between Affective Case Accumulation and Mortality by Individual Covariates, Ordered by Total Percentage Attenuation.
| Covariate | % Attenuation by No. of times affective symptoms were at case levela | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3-4 | |
| Health conditions | 13.2 | 25.3 | 32.1 |
| Lung function | 13.2 | 28.7 | 24.6 |
| Physical activity | 11.8 | 25.3 | 23.9 |
| Anxiolytic use | 7.9 | 18.4 | 28.4 |
| Smoking | 5.3 | 17.2 | 24.6 |
| Antidepressant use | 6.6 | 14.9 | 20.1 |
| Diet | 6.6 | 12.6 | 16.4 |
| Adult social class | 7.9 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| Marital status | 6.6 | 11.5 | 7.5 |
| Pulse rate | 6.6 | 4.6 | 12.7 |
| Childhood sickness absence | 5.3 | 4.6 | 7.5 |
| Educational level | 3.9 | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| Social support | 2.6 | 3.4 | 6.0 |
| Childhood cleanliness | 2.6 | 5.7 | 3.0 |
| Problem drinking | 1.3 | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| Adolescent externalizing | 0 | 2.3 | 6.7 |
| Body mass index | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Parental abuse | 1.3 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| Parental divorce | 0 | −1.1 | 4.5 |
| Childhood social class | 5.3 | 0 | −3.0 |
| Stressful life events | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| Systolic blood pressure | −1.3 | −1.1 | −5.2 |
| Fully adjusted (all covariates) | 39.5 | 81.6 | 86.6 |
a
Percentage attenuation of each covariate was entered separately (ie, not simultaneously) into the sex-adjusted model; since individual covariates are not independent of one another, these figures provide only an approximate indication of the importance of each variable.