Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities with and without Down Syndrome

Table 5

Multivariate Cox regression analysis of mortality, as of July 2011.

	β (SE)	Sig.	Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Down Syndrome	−0.34 (1.00)	NS	0.10–5.11
Sex (ref: male)	−0.58 (0.23)	<0.05	0.36–0.88
Baseline age	0.06 (0.01)	<0.0001	1.05–1.09
Baseline DMR practical skills deficits	0.09 (0.03)	<0.005	1.03–1.16
Baseline Reiss behavioral depression	0.25 (0.06)	<0.0005	1.12–1.44
Baseline anticonvulsant use	0.71 (0.33)	<0.05	1.07–3.90
DMR Sum of Social Scores change per year	0.27 (0.05)	<0.0001	1.18–1.45
History of seizure at or before baseline	0.50 (0.24)	<0.05	1.04–2.63
Seizure before or during the study	−0.69 (0.31)	<0.05	0.28–0.91
Baseline age ∗ DS interaction	0.04 (0.02)	0.08	1.00–1.08