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Table 2 Multimorbidity and all-cause mortality over 7-year median follow-up: Cox’s regression analysis

From: Relationship between multimorbidity, demographic factors and mortality: findings from the UK Biobank cohort

N = 500,769

7-year cumulative mortality

Unadjusted number of events = 14,348

Adjusted* (missing values n = 12,045, 2.4%); number of events = 13,570

  

Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals)

No LTC N = 172,593

2408 (1.4%)

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1 LTC N = 163,705

4147 (2.5%)

1.52 (1.45–1.60)

1.46 (1.38–1.54)

2 LTC N = 95,226

3555 (3.7%)

1.98 (1.88–2.08)

1.77 (1.68–1.87)

3 LTC N = 43,120

2213 (5.1%)

2.53 (2.39–2.68)

2.14 (2.01–2.28)

≥ 4 LTC N = 26,125

2025 (7.8%)

3.72 (3.50–3.95)

2.79 (2.61–2.98)

  1. Age as the timescale for both analyses. LTCs long-term conditions. *Adjusted for sex, socioeconomic status based on Townsend score, smoking status, alcohol status, body mass index and physical activity levels reported at baseline