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Table 3 Mortality hazard ratio (HR) by TUG in fifths, by gender, analyzed using Cox regression

From: Mobility as a predictor of all-cause mortality in older men and women: 11.8 year follow-up in the Tromsø study

 

Basically adjusteda (N = 864, #deaths = 428)

Fully adjustedb (N = 864, #deaths = 428)

All

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

TUG

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

1 (quickest)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

2

1.28 (0.96, 1.71)

1.48 (0.99, 2.23)

1.09 (0.71, 1.67)

1.25 (0.93, 1.68)

1.51 (1.00, 2.68)

1.03 (0.66, 1.60)

3

1.23 (0.90, 1.67)

1.25 (0.80, 1.94)

1.18 (0.76, 1.81)

1.16 (0.85, 1.59)

1.22 (0.78, 1.92)

1.05 (0.66, 1.66)

4

1.55 (1.15, 2.09)

1.65 (1.12, 2.44)

1.43 (0.91, 2.25)

1.38 (1.02, 1.87)

1.60 (1.07, 2.39)

1.25 (0.77, 2.02)

5 (slowest)

1.79 (1.33, 2.42)

1.87 (1.25, 2.81)

1.68 (1.08, 2.61)

1.63 (1.20, 2.22)

1.72 (1.13, 2.61)

1.51 (0.95, 2.42)

Per 1 SD increase

1.23 (1.14, 1.33)

1.23 (1.11, 1.37)

1.23 (1.10, 1.37)

1.20 (1.10, 1.30)

1.20 (1.07, 1.34)

1.20 (1.06, 1.36)

Test for trend (across fifths)

P < 0.001

P = 0.002

P = 0.010

P = 0.002

P = 0.012

P = 0.059

  1. aBasically adjusted = Adjusted by gender and age; bFully adjusted = Basically adjusted + adjustment for self-reported health status, smoking and education. (Test for interaction TUG in fifths by gender in basically adjusted model: p = 0.835; Test for interaction TUG in fifths by gender in fully adjusted model: p = 0.789)