Research Article
Do Stress Trajectories Predict Mortality in Older Men? Longitudinal Findings from the VA Normative Aging Study
Table 5
Proportional hazard models predicting mortality (
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| Parameter | Estimate | StdErr | ChiSq | prob | Hazard ratio | HRLower CL | HRUpper CL |
| Equation 1 | | | | | | | | Moderate-stress group | 0.356 | 0.107 | 10.947 | .001 | 1.428 | 1.156 | 1.764 | High-stress group | 0.398 | 0.155 | 6.638 | .010 | 1.490 | 1.100 | 2.018 |
| Equation 2 | | | | | | | | Moderate-stress group | 0.352 | 0.109 | 10.440 | .001 | 1.422 | 1.149 | 1.761 | High-stress group | 0.315 | 0.157 | 4.023 | .045 | 1.371 | 1.007 | 1.866 | Health rating | − 0.288 | 0.064 | 20.497 | .001 | 0.749 | 0.661 | 0.849 | Married | − 0.331 | 0.131 | 6.458 | .011 | 0.718 | 0.556 | 0.927 | Less than high school | − 0.231 | 0.184 | 1.596 | .207 | 0.793 | 0.553 | 1.136 | College | − 0.121 | 0.111 | 1.174 | .279 | 0.886 | 0.712 | 1.103 | Postgrad | 0.038 | 0.150 | 0.065 | 0.799 | 1.039 | 0.774 | 1.394 | Nondrinker | 0.314 | 0.123 | 6.496 | 0.011 | 1.369 | 1.075 | 1.743 | Heavy drinker | − 0.009 | 0.125 | 0.005 | 0.944 | 0.991 | 0.776 | 1.267 | Smoker | 0.215 | 0.127 | 2.859 | 0.091 | 1.240 | 0.966 | 1.591 |
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