Table 4

Sex-adjusted univariate associations of Wave 1 health status variables with mortality.

Variable
Odds ratio
95% confidence intervals

History of any disease
1.07
0.23–4.94
Any medicine prescribed
1.01
0.56–1.83
History of heart disease
1.80
1.07–3.03
History of hypertension
0.66
0.40–1.11
History of diabetes
1.70
0.61–4.74
Height
0.99 per cm
0.94–1.04
Weight
0.97 per kg
0.94–0.996
Systolic BP
1.0 per mmHg
0.99–1.01
Diastolic BP
0.99 per mmHg
0.97–1.01
PEFR
0.996 per l/min
0.993–0.999
FEV1
0.42 per l
0.23–0.76
FVC
0.76 per l
0.47–1.22
Smoking habit
0.96 ex-smoker
0.56–1.63

6.12 current smoker
2.27–16.5
Alcohol use
1.0 per unit
0.97–1.03
HADS anxiety score
1.12 per point
1.02–1.22
HADS depression score
1.18 per point
1.06–1.31

Starr et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:307   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-307