Table 3.
Mortality Rates, Natural and Unnatural Causes of Death by Risk Status in the Parent (G1) and Offspring (G2).
| PARENT (G1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Risk (N = 56) | Low Risk (N = 35) | Group Comparison | ||||
| Mean | Std.Err | Mean | Std.Err | T | p-value | |
| Age at Death | 73.15 | 2.3 | 72.67 | 3.9 | 0.11 | 0.914 |
| N | % | N | % | X2 | p-value | |
| Overall Mortality Rate | 33 | 58.93 | 12 | 34.29 | 5.23 | 0.022 |
| Natural Causes | 30 | 53.57 | 12 | 34.29 | 3.22 | 0.073 |
| Unnatural Causes | 3 | 5.36 | 0 | 0 | 0.282a | |
| OFFSPRING (G2)b | ||||||
| High Risk (N = 181) |
Low Risk (N = 80) |
Group Comparison |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std.Err | Mean | Std.Err | T | p-value | |
| Age at Death | 46.1 | 3.3 | 51.0 | 4.9 | 0.061 | 0.549 |
| N | % | N | % | X2 | p-value | |
| Overall Mortality Rate | 16 | 8.84 | 3 | 3.75 | 2.13 | 0.145 |
| Natural Causes | 7 | 3.87 | 3 | 3.75 | 0.002 | 0.964 |
| Unnatural Causes | 9 | 4.97 | 0 | 0 | 0.061a | |
a
Data were analyzed using Fisher's exact test.
b
Information on whether alive or dead could not be found on 12 high risk and 3 low risk offspring of the 276 offspring and have been excluded from the analysis.