Table 5 |
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Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Analysis by Gender: Selected Demographic and Community Factors |
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Independent Variables |
Males |
Females |
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Hazard Ratio |
95% C.I. |
p-value |
Hazard Ratio |
95% C.I. |
p-value |
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*Educational level |
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Primary |
3.02 |
1.36 – 6.71 |
0.01 |
1.00 |
0.49 – 2.03 |
1.00 |
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Secondary or higher |
5.43 |
2.58 – 11.44 |
< 0.001 |
1.32 |
0.71 – 2.44 |
0.38 |
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Age |
1.16 |
1.04 – 1.29 |
0.01 |
1.09 |
0.96 – 1.23 |
0.19 |
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**Economic status |
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Middle class |
0.99 |
0.69 – 1.44 |
0.97 |
0.90 |
0.61 – 1.31 |
0.58 |
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High class |
0.97 |
0.62 – 1.50 |
0.88 |
0.79 |
0.49 – 1.27 |
0.33 |
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Urban location |
0.77 |
0.55 – 1.07 |
0.12 |
0.85 |
0.58 – 1.25 |
0.41 |
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Southern region |
1.44 |
1.07 – 1.95 |
0.02 |
1.71 |
1.22 – 2.40 |
0.01 |
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*Referent group was those with no formal education. **Referent group was those in the low economic class. |
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Fatusi and Blum BMC Public Health 2008 8:136 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-136 |
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