Hazard ratios (HR) for marital status over two generations and 10 year all cause mortality 1992–2002 in adult offspring. The Metropolit study of men born in Copenhagen, Denmark 1953
| Total number/no deaths 2614/105 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Final model | |||||||
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| HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | ||
| Model 1: mutually adjusted. Model 2: model 1 + family social class 1968. Model 3: model 1 + son’s educational attainment 1971–72. Model 4: model 1 + son’s social class by 2002. Model 5: model 1 + son’s psychiatric admission. Final model: model 1 + family social class, son’s educational attainment, son’s social class, son’s psychiatric admission. | |||||||||||||
| Marital status in two generations | |||||||||||||
| Mother married in 1953 | 2440/91 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Mother not married in 1953 | 174/14 | 2.02 | 1.13, 3.62 | 1.76 | 0.98, 3.17 | 1.74 | 0.97, 3.14 | 1.75 | 0.97, 3.14 | 1.69 | 0.94, 3.05 | 1.44 | 0.79, 2.60 |
| Son married in 1992 | 1446/33 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Son never married in 1992 | 841/57 | 3.07 | 1.99, 4.74 | 3.01 | 1.95, 4.65 | 2.89 | 1.86, 4.49 | 2.53 | 1.63, 3.94 | 2.32 | 1.48, 3.64 | 2.08 | 1.31, 3.29 |
| Son divorced or widowed in 1992 | 327/15 | 2.03 | 1.10, 3.75 | 1.91 | 1.03, 3.54 | 1.80 | 0.97, 3.33 | 1.74 | 0.94, 3.23 | 1.43 | 0.76, 2.70 | 1.26 | 0.67, 2.39 |