Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) (in parentheses) of laboratory index (LI) for mortality during the 10-year follow-up

	Total n	Deceased n (%)	Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusteda HR (95% CI)	P-value
LI
≤ 0.08b	383	92 (24)	1
0.09–0.14c	326	119 (36)	1.61 (1.23–2.12)	< 0.001	1.69 (1.28–2.22)	< 0.001
0.15–0.21d	211	87 (41)	1.96 (1.46–2.63)	< 0.001	1.84 (1.37–2.48)	< 0.001
0.22–0.42e	190	93 (49)	2.46 (1.84–3.28)	< 0.001	2.20 (1.64–2.94)	< 0.001
≥ 0.43f	43	31 (72)	5.56 (3.71–8.40)	< 0.001	3.75 (2.46–5.72)	< 0.001
Total	1153	422 (37)

^aValues are adjusted for age and gender

The number of laboratory tests outside reference ranges by categories of LI:

^b0–0.08 ≤ 1

^c0.09–0.14 = 2

^d0.15–0.21 = 3

^e0.22–0.42 = 4–5

^f0.43– ≥ 6