Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 Adjusted effect of subjective life expectancy on perceived health status and death

From: Subjective life expectancy is a risk factor for perceived health status and mortality

	Self-rated health			Death
	OR	SE	P-value	HR	SE	P-value
Subjective life expectancy (%)
0	6.778	0.069	<.0001	2.130	0.131	<.0001
10-20	3.940	0.060	<.0001	1.805	0.137	<.0001
30-40	2.936	0.055	<.0001	1.494	0.128	0.002
50-60	2.094	0.049	<.0001	1.423	0.116	0.002
70-80	1.483	0.051	<.0001	1.157	0.123	0.235
90-100	1.000			1.000
Age
45-54	1.000			1.000
55-64	1.393	0.045	<.0001	2.138	0.151	<.0001
65-74	1.959	0.046	<.0001	3.850	0.146	<.0001
≥ 74	2.415	0.051	<.0001	10.193	0.150	<.0001
Gender
Male	0.693	0.038	<.0001	2.164	0.082	<.0001
Female	1.000			1.000
Residential region
Metropolitan	1.000			1.000
Urban	0.944	0.040	0.150	1.428	0.098	0.000
Rural	1.098	0.036	0.010	1.420	0.091	0.000
Education
≤ Elementary	2.974	0.057	<.0001	1.458	0.145	0.009
Middle school	1.797	0.061	<.0001	1.250	0.162	0.170
High school	1.246	0.060	0.000	1.213	0.155	0.213
≥ College	1.000			1.000
Smoking status
Non-smoker	1.000			1.000
Former smoker	0.780	0.044	<.0001	0.703	0.087	<.0001
Smoker	1.140	0.048	0.006	0.912	0.100	0.360
Alcohol use
Nothing	1.000			1.000
Former drinker	0.924	0.033	0.016	0.898	0.080	0.179
Drinker	2.196	0.046	<.0001	1.011	0.103	0.918
Labor
Yes	1.000			1.000
No	1.781	0.030	<.0001	1.723	0.092	<.0001
Number of chronic diseases^a
0	1.000			1.000
1	1.705	0.045	<.0001	0.986	0.073	0.844
2	3.975	0.066	<.0001	1.088	0.089	0.343
≥ 3	11.541	0.127	<.0001	1.187	0.111	0.121
Self-rated health
Good				1.000
Bad				1.575	0.070	<.0001

^aHypertension, diabetes, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver disease, heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, mental illness and arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis

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