Table 4 Association between disengagement levels and mortality among older adults.

From: Association of social disengagement with health status and all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from the Otassha study

 

n

Deaths

Incidence per 1000 person-years

Crude HR (95% CI)

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Zero-level

2119

210

12.9

Reference

Reference

Low-level

397

43

14.0

1.09 (0.78–1.51)

0.97 (0.70–1.35)

Middle-level

208

31

19.7

1.55* (1.07–2.26)

1.22 (0.84–1.80)

High-level

71

21

41.5

3.43*** (2.19–5.37)

2.11** (1.34–3.33)

Highest-level

78

17

30.1

2.45*** (1.49–4.01)

1.92* (1.16–3.18)

  1. Adjusted for sex, age at follow-up, self-rated health, frequency of going outdoors, chronic disease, instrumental activities of daily living disability, perceived financial status, and living arrangement at baseline. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval. Bold numbers are statistically significant (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001).
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