From: Symptom experience and subsequent mortality: results from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study
 |  | n in sample* | Died n (%) | Unadjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | Hazard ratio (95% CI) adjusted for socio-demographic factors1 | Hazard ratio (95% CI) adjusted for socio-demographic factors and chronic conditions2 | Hazard ratio (95% CI) adjusted for socio-demographic factors, chronic conditions and self-assessed health3 |
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Number of symptoms in the last month | 0 | 87 | 9 (10.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | 1 | 116 | 16 (13.8) | 1.32 (0.58 to 2.99) | 1.40 (0.62 to 3.17) | 1.21 (0.53 to 2.75) | 1.24 (0.54 to 2.82) |
 | 2 | 128 | 27 (21.1) | 2.13 (1.00 to 4.54) | 2.06 (0.96 to 4.41) | 1.94 (0.90 to 4.15) | 1.99 (0.93 to 4.29) |
 | 3–5 | 309 | 60 (19.4) | 1.99 (0.99 to 4.00) | 1.99 (0.98 to 4.03) | 1.74 (0.85 to 3.55) | 1.40 (0.68 to 2.86) |
 | ≥ 6 | 218 | 58 (26.6) | 2.76 (1.37 to 5.58) | 2.53 (1.24 to 5.16) | 2.03 (0.99 to 4.19) | 1.38 (0.65 to 2.89) |
Number of symptoms in the last month which participants tended to have | 0 | 120 | 15 (12.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | 1 | 141 | 18 (12.8) | 0.99 (0.50 to 1.97) | 1.06 (0.53 to 2.10) | 1.00 (0.50 to 1.99) | 0.99 (0.50 to 1.97) |
 | 2 | 138 | 28 (20.3) | 1.68 (0.90 to 3.15) | 1.66 (0.88 to 3.13) | 1.62 (0.86 to 3.05) | 1.51 (0.80 to 2.86) |
 | 3–5 | 291 | 59 (20.3) | 1.70 (0.96 to 2.99) | 1.60 (0.90 to 2.80) | 1.44 (0.81 to 2.56) | 1.14 (0.64 to 2.06) |
 | ≥ 6 | 168 | 50 (29.8) | 2.56 (1.44 to 4.57) | 2.23 (1.24 to 4.02) | 1.85 (1.01 to 3.37) | 1.15 (0.61 to 2.18) |
Number of symptoms in the last month which participants did not tend to have | 0 | 588 | 123 (20.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | 1 | 156 | 29 (18.6) | 0.85 (0.57 to 1.28) | 0.90 (0.60 to 1.36) | 0.93 (0.61 to 1.40) | 0.98 (0.65 to 1.49) |
 | 2 | 59 | 11 (18.6) | 0.89 (0.48 to 1.64) | 1.18 (0.63 to 2.20) | 1.20 (0.64 to 2.25) | 1.16 (0.62 to 2.18) |
 | ≥ 3 | 55 | 7 (12.7) | 0.61 (0.28 to 1.30) | 0.71 (0.33 to 1.53) | 0.67 (0.31 to 1.44) | 0.72 (0.33 to 1.55) |
Number of symptoms in the last month which resulted in cutting down on usual activities | 0 | 526 | 84 (16.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | 1 | 130 | 30 (23.1) | 1.50 (0.99 to 2.28) | 1.45 (0.95 to 2.21) | 1.40 (0.92 to 2.14) | 1.19 (0.77 to 1.82) |
 | 2 | 66 | 18 (27.3) | 1.74 (1.03 to 2.93) | 1.54 (0.90 to 2.61) | 1.41 (0.82 to 2.41) | 1.05 (0.60 to 1.83) |
 | 3–5 | 97 | 22 (22.7) | 1.54 (0.96 to 2.46) | 1.35 (0.84 to 2.18) | 1.17 (0.72 to 1.90) | 0.85 (0.51 to 1.40) |
 | ≥ 6 | 39 | 16 (41.0) | 3.21 (1.88 to 5.49) | 2.42 (1.39 to 4.20) | 1.72 (0.97 to 3.06) | 1.21 (0.67 to 2.21) |
Number of symptoms in the last month which resulted in consulting the GP | 0 | 457 | 72 (15.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
 | 1 | 166 | 39 (23.5) | 1.55 (1.05 to 2.29) | 1.49 (1.00 to 2.21) | 1.48 (0.99 to 2.20) | 1.38 (0.93 to 2.06) |
 | 2 | 91 | 19 (20.9) | 1.39 (0.84 to 2.31) | 1.46 (0.88 to 2.43) | 1.36 (0.82 to 2.27) | 1.13 (0.67 to 1.91) |
 | 3–5 | 96 | 24 (25.0) | 1.63 (1.02 to 2.61) | 1.51 (0.94 to 2.43) | 1.34 (0.83 to 2.16) | 1.08 (0.66 to 1.75) |
 | ≥ 6 | 48 | 16 (33.3) | 2.51 (1.46 to 4.31) | 1.96 (1.13 to 3.41) | 1.58 (0.91 to 2.77) | 1.13 (0.63 to 2.01) |