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Table 2 Hazard ratios for hospitalisation for recurrent stroke and for death

From: Temporal trends in hospitalisation for stroke recurrence following incident hospitalisation for stroke in Scotland

 

HRs for hospitalisation for recurrent stroke

HRs for death

 

unadjusted

adjusted

unadjusted

adjusted

Year of study:

    

1991

0.95 (0.89 to 1.02)

0.93 (0.86 to 0.99)

0.94 (0.92 to 0.97)

0.92 (0.90 to 0.95)

1996

0.99 (0.94 to 1.05)

0.89 (0.84 to 0.94)

0.80 (0.79 to 0.82)

0.81 (0.79 to 0.83)

2001

0.90 (0.84 to 0.98)

0.73 (0.67 to 0.78)

0.70 (0.68 to 0.72)

0.72 (0.70 to 0.75)

Age group:

    

65 to 74 years

 

1.17 (1.12 to 1.22)

 

1.84 (1.79 to 1.89)

75+ years

 

0.90 (0.86 to 0.95)

 

2.97 (2.90 to 3.04)

Sex: Women

 

0.92 (0.89 to 0.95)

 

1.04 (1.02 to 1.05)

Socioecon. status:

    

2

 

1.09 (1.03 to 1.16)

 

1.03 (1.01 to 1.06)

3

 

1.04 (0.98 to 1.10)

 

1.06 (1.04 to 1.09)

4

 

1.03 (0.97 to 1.09)

 

1.07 (1.05 to 1.10)

5 (most dep.)

 

1.09 (1.03 to 1.15)

 

1.07 (1.05 to 1.10)

Comorbidities:

    

Diabetes

 

1.42 (1.35 to 1.50)

 

0.99 (0.97 to 1.02)

Cancer

 

0.95 (0.89 to 1.02)

 

1.37 (1.34 to 1.41)

Respiratory disease

 

1.07 (1.00 to 1.14)

 

1.14 (1.11 to 1.18)

Heart failure

 

0.84 (0.79 to 0.90)

 

1.42 (1.38 to 1.45)

Peripheral arterial disease

 

1.16 (1.09 to 1.23)

 

1.17 (1.14 to 1.20)

Atrial fibrillation

 

1.49 (1.41 to 1.56)

 

0.91 (0.89 to 0.93)

Essential hypertension

 

1.65 (1.58 to 1.72)

 

0.70 (0.69 to 0.72)

Renal failure

 

0.94 (0.84 to 1.05)

 

1.45 (1.38 to 1.52)

Coronary heart disease

 

1.18 (1.13 to 1.24)

 

1.03 (1.01 to 1.06)

Rheum/valv heart disease

 

1.13 (1.02 to 1.26)

 

0.96 (0.92 to 1.01)

Pulm embolism and DVT

 

1.17 (1.05 to 1.31)

 

1.05 (1.00 to 1.10)

Depression

 

1.69 (1.52 to 1.88)

 

0.84 (0.79 to 0.89)

Parkinsonism

 

1.13 (0.98 to 1.30)

 

1.07 (1.02 to 1.13)

Dementia

 

1.29 (1.19 to 1.40)

 

1.09 (1.06 to 1.13)

Falls and fracture

 

1.00 (0.94 to 1.06)

 

1.12 (1.10 to 1.15)

Alcohol misuse

 

1.13 (1.03 to 1.24)

 

1.15 (1.10 to 1.20)

  1. Note: the reference categories for year of study, age group, sex, deprivation and the comorbidities are 1986, <65 years, men, one (least deprived) and comorbidity not present, respectively; 95% CIs in parentheses