Table 3 |
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Association between socioeconomic and other measures and self-rated health at entry (logistic regression analysis) and mortality (Cox proportional hazards analysis) |
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| Male |
Female |
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| Odds ratio for poor or very poor self-rated health at entry |
Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for death during study) |
Odds ratio for poor or very poor self-rated health at entry |
Hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) for death during study) |
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| Education |
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| Primary/incomplete secondary |
1.70 (1.35–2.12) |
2.30 (1.85–2.86) |
1.32 (1.11–1.58) |
3.09 (2.39–4.00) |
| Complete secondary |
1.27 (0.99–1.63) |
1.39 (1.09–1.78) |
1.03 (0.86–1.24) |
2.35 (1.63–3.40) |
| Higher |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Continuous (per 1 category) |
1.30 (1.16–1.45) |
1.52 (1.36–1.70) |
1.14 (1.04–1.24) |
1.74 (1.54–1.97) |
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| Household income per person |
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| (household income/square root no. in household) |
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| 1 (lowest quintile) |
1.64 (1.21–2.22) |
1.41 (1.05–1.88) |
1.34 (1.06–1.70) |
1.19 (0.86–1.65) |
| 2 |
1.21 (0.90–1.63) |
0.98 (0.73–1.30) |
1.20 (0.96–1.51) |
0.94 (0.67–1.30) |
| 3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 4 |
1.06 (0.79–1.44) |
0.89 (0.66–1.21) |
0.99 (0.78–1.26) |
1.00 (0.72–1.39) |
| 5 (highest quintile) |
0.68 (0.49–0.95) |
1.12 (0.83–1.52) |
0.87 (0.67–1.11) |
0.75 (0.50–1.13) |
| Change per quintile |
0.83 (0.77–0.89) |
0.94 (0.88–1.02) |
0.90 (0.85–0.95) |
0.93 (0.85–1.01) |
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| Alcohol frequency |
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| No alcohol |
1.84 (1.38–2.47) |
1.42 (1.05–1.93) |
1.42 (1.17–1.71) |
2.00 (1.34–3.00) |
| Once in last month |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 2–3 times a month |
0.66 (0.47–0.94) |
1.02 (0.72–1.46) |
0.75 (0.57–0.98) |
1.27 (0.71–2.27) |
| Once a week |
0.54 (0.37–0.80) |
1.10 (0.77–1.56) |
0.63 (0.42–0.94) |
1.08 (0.47–2.52) |
| More than once a week |
0.83 (0.58–1.17) |
1.93 (1.41–2.65) |
0.92 (0.57–1.50) |
2.46 (0.97–6.24) |
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| Current smoker |
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| Yes (vs no) |
0.98 (0.81–1.19) |
1.92 (1.58–2.34) |
1.17 (0.90–1.50) |
2.77 (1.68–4.56) |
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| Life satisfaction (5 point ordinal scale, high to low) |
1.40 (1.27–1.54) |
0.99 (0.91–1.08) |
1.46 (1.35–1.58) |
1.08 (0.98–1.19) |
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Income and education Education (3 cats), household income per person (household income/square root no. in household) quintile N.B. All models adjust for age at entry and cluster by household | ||||
Perlman and Bobak International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:19 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-19 |
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