Table 2.

Results of discrete-time hazard models for influenza and pneumonia, chronic lower respiratory diseases and Alzheimer’s disease

	Influenza and pneumonia (n = 29)				Chronic lower respiratory disease (n = 66)				Alzheimer’s disease (n = 38)
Predictor	β	SE	p	Hazard	β	SE<	p	Hazard	β	SE	p	Hazard
				ratio (95% CIs)				ratio (95% CIs)				ratio (95% CIs)
Age Spline-1	0.20	0.39	0.60	1.22 (0.57, 2.63)	0.15	0.46	0.74	1.17 (0.47, 2.89)	0.49	0.26	0.07	1.63 (0.97, 2.71)
Age Spline-2	−1.04	0.69	0.13	0.35 (0.09, 1.35)	−0.05	1.20	0.96	0.95 (0.09, 9.88)	−0.95	0.61	0.12	0.39 (0.12, 1.27)
Age Spline-3	6.02	0.93	<0.001***	410.76 (66.20, 2548.82)	2.50	1.75	0.16	12.19 (0.40, 374.64)	4.64	0.89	<0.001***	103.60 (17.94, 598.22)
Testosterone	−0.06	0.10	0.54	0.94 (0.77, 1.15)	−0.23	0.13	0.09	0.80 (0.61, 1.03)	−0.21	0.11	0.05†	0.81 (0.66, 1.00)
African American	−0.02	0.51	0.97	0.98 (0.36, 2.65)	−1.49	0.51	0.005**	0.22 (0.08, 0.61)	−1.76	0.64	0.01**	0.17 (0.05, 0.60)
Other Ethnicity	0.27	0.89	0.76	1.31 (0.23, 7.46)	0.08	0.56	0.88	1.09 (0.37, 3.24)	−15.43	0.20	<0.001***	0.00 (0.00, 0.00)
Hispanic/Latino	0.29	0.68	0.67	1.33 (0.35, 5.05)	0.23	0.42	0.59	1.25 (0.56, 2.83)	−0.40	0.57	0.48	0.67 (0.22, 2.05)
Education	−0.58	0.25	0.02*	0.56 (0.34, 0.92)	−0.61	0.18	<0.001***	0.54 (0.38, 0.77)	−0.25	0.23	0.29	0.78 (0.49, 1.23)
Body Mass Index	0.01	0.04	0.84	1.01 (0.94, 1.08)	0.03	0.05	0.49	1.03 (0.94, 1.14)	−0.12	0.04	0.01**	0.89 (0.82, 0.97)
Age 1*Testosterone	−0.16	0.08	0.06†	0.85 (0.73, 1.00)	−0.14	0.08	0.09	0.87 (0.75, 1.02)	−0.22	0.05	<0.001***	0.81 (0.73, 0.89)
Age 2*Testosterone	0.49	0.16	0.004**	1.62 (1.18, 2.24)	0.23	0.21	0.29	1.26 (0.83, 1.91)	0.38	0.12	0.002**	1.46 (1.16, 1.85)
Age 3*Testosterone	−0.74	0.25	0.005**	0.48 (0.29, 0.78)	0.08	0.34	0.82	1.08 (0.55, 2.11)	−0.18	0.17	0.27	0.83 (0.60, 1.15)

Note. Lower testosterone levels are associated with higher risk of death in men.

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, †p < 0.06.