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. 2021 Aug 31;64(1):e54. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2229

Table 2.

Hazard ratios of current and life-time affective disorders for younger (n = 121,643) and older (n = 19,365) persons for mortality, adjusted for age, sex, and level of education.

Younger persons (≤59 years) Older persons (60+ years)
HR [95% CI] p-value HR [95% CI] p-value
Current psychopathology (MINI)
Separate model per disorder
 Depressive disorder 2.65 [2.00–3.51] <0.001 1.07 [0.63–1.81] 0.814
 Generalized anxiety disorder 1.72 [1.33–2.32] <0.001 1.00 [0.62–1.62] 0.988
 Panic disorder 4.13 [2.06–8.29] <0.001
 Agoraphobia 1.49 [1.14–1.96] 0.004 0.86 [0.62–1.18] 0.345
 Social phobia 1.78 [1.05–3.02] 0.033 0.47 [0.12–1.89] 0.290
Combined model
 Depressive disorder 2.18 [1.56–3.05] <0.001 1.13 [0.65–1.98] 0.933
 Generalized anxiety disorder 1.20 [0.89–1.63] 0.231 1.02 [0.62–1.70] 0.875
 Panic disorder 2.39 [1.15–4.98] 0.020
 Agoraphobia 1.22 [0.92–1.64] 0.171 0.87 [0.63–1.19] 0.378
 Social phobia 1.08 [0.62–1.89] 0.791 0.49 [0.12–1.96] 0.310
Lifetime (self-report)
Separate model per disorder
 Depressive disorder 1.62 [1.35–1.94] <0.001 0.98 [0.77–1.25] 0.896
 Anxiety disorder 1.60 [1.27–2.02] <0.001 1.20 [0.88–1.63] 0.251
Combined model
 Depressive disorder 1.51 [1.25–1.83] <0.001 0.95 [0.75–1.22] 0.709
 Anxiety disorder 1.37 [1.08–1.76] 0.011 1.21 [0.89–1.67] 0.229

Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; HR, hazard ratio.