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Table 5 Hazard ratios for thirteen-year all cause mortality by number of symptoms in five symptom categories

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

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)

  1. * Numbers in each of the five symptom categories add to 858 the total number in the cohort. Numbers given are relevant for unadjusted hazard ratios. Numbers in the sample for each of the adjusted analyses varies only slightly since there was little missing data for the factors we have adjusted for (as can be seen from tables 1 and 2).
  2. 1 Adjusted for gender, housing tenure and smoking status
  3. 2 Adjusted for gender, housing tenure, smoking status and the presence of a respiratory or cardiovascular condition
  4. 3 Adjusted for gender, housing tenure, smoking status, the presence of a respiratory or cardiovascular condition and self-assessed health