From: Symptom experience and subsequent mortality: results from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study
Type of symptom | n in sample* | Died n (%) | Unadjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | Hazard ratio (95% CI) adjusted for socio-demographic factors1 | Hazard ratio (95% CI) adjusted for socio-demographic factors and chronic conditions2 | Hazard ratio (95% CI) adjusted for socio-demographic factors, chronic conditions and self-assessed health3 |
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Respiratory/ENT symptoms | ||||||
Does not have symptoms | 424 | 66 (15.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Has symptoms | 434 | 104 (24.0) | 1.60 (1.17 to 2.17) | 1.44 (1.06 to 1.97) | 1.24 (0.89 to 1.71) | 1.10 (0.79 to 1.54) |
Musculoskeletal symptoms | ||||||
Does not have symptoms | 418 | 78 (18.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Has symptoms | 440 | 92 (20.9) | 1.12 (0.83 to 1.51) | 1.14 (0.84 to 1.55) | 1.15 (0.84 to 1.56) | 0.99 (0.72 to 1.35) |
Gastro-intestinal symptoms | ||||||
Does not have symptoms | 552 | 101 (18.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Has symptoms | 306 | 69 (22.5) | 1.29 (0.95 to 1.76) | 1.31 (0.96 to 1.78) | 1.30 (0.95 to 1.77) | 1.13 (0.82 to 1.56) |
Mental health symptoms | ||||||
Does not have symptoms | 461 | 70 (15.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Has symptoms | 397 | 100 (25.2) | 1.78 (1.31 to 2.41) | 1.79 (1.31 to 2.45) | 1.66 (1.21 to 2.28) | 1.42 (1.02 to 1.97) |
Neurological symptoms | ||||||
Does not have symptoms | 581 | 112 (19.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Has symptoms | 277 | 58 (20.9) | 1.11 (0.81 to 1.53) | 1.08 (0.78 to 1.49) | 0.99 (0.71 to 1.37) | 0.81 (0.58 to 1.13) |
Systemic symptoms | ||||||
Does not have symptoms | 553 | 92 (16.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Has symptoms | 305 | 78 (25.6) | 1.63 (1.21 to 2.21) | 1.50 (1.10 to 2.05) | 1.28 (0.93 to 1.76) | 1.00 (0.71 to 1.41) |