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Table 2 Results of sex-specific competing-risks regression a, b, c, d

From: Decomposition of gender differences in cognitive functioning: National Survey of the Japanese elderly

 

Men

Women

Age

0.995

1.014

 

(0.956–1.036)

(0.985–1.044)

Age2/100

1.000

1.000

 

(1.000–1.000)

(1.000–1.000)

Years of education

0.827**

0.800**

 

(0.721–0.950)

(0.724–0.884)

Years of education2/100

1.675

1.785#

 

(0.823–3.407)

(0.948–3.362)

Current worker

0.980

1.010

 

(0.943–1.018)

(0.972–1.049)

Longest occupation (Ref. Professional)

 Clerical

1.171

1.313

 

(0.850–1.614)

(0.862–1.999)

 Manual

1.516**

1.619*

 

(1.142–2.013)

(1.048–2.501)

 Agriculture/forestry/fishery

1.336#

1.811**

 

(0.967–1.845)

(1.156–2.837)

 Domestic worker

2.127**

1.697*

 

(1.199–3.773)

(1.118–2.575)

Single

0.966

1.007

 

(0.909–1.026)

(0.977–1.038)

Home ownership

1.037

0.980

 

(0.978–1.100)

(0.944–1.018)

Group activity

0.970

1.015

 

(0.935–1.007)

(0.987–1.045)

Current smoker

0.979

1.017

 

(0.944–1.014)

(0.969–1.067)

Alcohol consumption

1.011

0.958*

 

(0.975–1.049)

(0.925–0.993)

Exercise

0.989

0.999

 

(0.954–1.024)

(0.972–1.026)

Hearing impairment

0.971

1.045

 

(0.906–1.040)

(0.981–1.112)

Diabetes

1.005

0.951

 

(0.926–1.090)

(0.870–1.040)

Hypertension

0.992

0.977

 

(0.953–1.033)

(0.948–1.007)

Stroke

0.989

1.029

 

(0.888–1.103)

(0.919–1.151)

Observations

1958

2371

  1. a Sub-hazard ratio with 95% confidence intervals obtained by robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. b ** p< 0.01, * p< 0.05, # p< 0.10
  3. c Participating waves are included in the models
  4. d Age, working status, being single, home ownership, group activity, and health-related variables are treated as time-varying covariates by multiplying the logarithm of analysis time