Table 3

Penalized spline Proportional Hazard model adjusted estimates of the association of income and mortality risk, healthy restricted population, age 18–64, NHANES mortality follow-up cohort, 1988–2001


Women (n = 6307)
Men (n = 5426)

All-cause (women = 169, men = 181)
Chi-square
df
p-value
Chi-square
df
p-value
Model 1. age, marital status, race/ethnicity
26
1.9
<0.001
10
2.1
<0.01
Model 2. model 1 + occupation and education
27
1.9
<0.001
11
2.1
<0.01
Model 3. model 2 + labor force participation
27
1.8
<0.001
11
2.1
<0.01
heart disease (women = 30, men = 46)






Model 1. age, marital status, race/ethnicity
4.7
1.6
<0.1
27
1.7
<0.001
Model 2. model 1 + occupation and education
6.0
1.6
<0.05
13
1.6
<0.001
Model 3. model 2 + labor force participation
7.0
1.6
<0.05
13
1.6
<0.001
Cancer (women = 63, men = 50)






Model 1. age, marital status, race/ethnicity
11
1.8
<0.01
10
1.4
<0.01
Model 2. model 1 + occupation and education
11
1.8
<0.01
8.4
1.5
<0.01
Model 3. model 2 + labor force participation
11
1.8
<0.01
8.7
1.4
<0.01
Injury (women = 11, men = 32)






Model 1. age, marital status, race/ethnicity
10
1.0
<0.001
9.5
1.4
<0.01
Model 2. model 1 + occupation and education
8.2
1.0
<0.01
9.0
1.3
<0.01
Model 3. model 2 + labor force participation
7.3
1.0
<0.01
9.4
1.3
<0.01

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