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Table 2 Hazard ratios for mortality (36-60 years) by psychiatric disorder at 36 years, obtained from Cox's proportional hazards models and based on 3283 men and women and 204 deaths

From: Psychiatric disorder in early adulthood and risk of premature mortality in the 1946 British Birth Cohort

 

Hazard ratios (fully adjusted) (95%CI)

Test for trend P value

 

Male

Female

All (sex adjusted)

 

Psychiatric disorder - index of definition**

  

   1

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.001

   2

1.70 (1.02, 2.83)

2.16 (1.15, 4.02)

1.77 (1.20, 2.61)

 

   3 - 7

1.80 (1.01, 3.22)

2.03 (1.09, 3.75)

1.84 (1.22, 2.78)

 

Psychiatric disorder - index of definition** (Excluding schizophrenia cases*)

 

1

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.002

2

1.74 (1.04, 2.91)

2.20 (1.17, 4.13)

1.81 (1.22, 2.67)

 

3 - 7

1.78 (0.99, 3.20)

1.98 (1.06, 3.69)

1.81 (1.19, 2.75)

 

Psychiatric disorder - index of definition** (censoring external causes)

 

1

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.002

2

1.75 (1.01, 3.03)

2.62 (1.37, 5.02)

1.91 (1.27, 2.90)

 

3 - 7

1.67 (0.88, 3.16)

2.26 (1.17, 4.36)

1.84 (1.18, 2.86)

 

Psychiatric disorder - index of definition** (censoring external causes and excluding schizophrenia cases *)

 

1

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.003

2

1.80 (1.04, 3.12)

2.69 (1.39, 5.18)

1.96 (1.29, 2.98)

 

3 - 7

1.64 (0.86, 3.13)

2.20 (1.13, 4.31)

1.80 (1.15, 2.82)

 
  1. *22 cases of schizophrenia (of whom 3 had died) were excluded from model 2 and 4.
  2. ** Index of definition: 1 = no symptoms; 2 = 1-4 symptoms; 3-7 = 5 or more symptoms