Table 3

HRs (95% CI) of death from all causes according to standardised scores on attitudes to ageing scales at age 72 years, adjusted for accelerated DNA methylation GrimAge (AgeAccelGrim) and covariates (N=715)

AdjustmentsPhysical change†p/pFDR Psychosocial loss†p/pFDR Psychological growth†p/pFDR
Age and sex0.66 (0.56 to 0.78)<0.001/0.00031.28 (1.09 to 1.50)0.002/0.0040.87 (0.74 to 1.02)0.089/0.120
Age, sex and AgeAccelGrim0.71 (0.61 to 0.84)<0.001/0.00031.23 (1.05 to 1.44)0.0011/0.0200.89 (0.75 to 1.03)0.110/0.140
Age, sex, education and social class0.67 (0.57 to 0.79)<0.001/0.00031.25 (1.07 to 1.47)0.005/0.0090.84 (0.72 to 0.99)0.040/0.064
Age, sex, education and social class plus AgeAccelGrim0.72 (0.62 to 0.85)<0.001/0.00031.21 (1.03 to 1.42)0.020/0.0330.86 (0.73 to 1.01)0.065/0.097
Age, sex, smoking and alcohol0.69 (0.58 to 0.81)<0.001/0.00031.23 (1.05 to 1.44)0.011/0.0200.87 (0.74 to 1.02)0.088/0.119
Age, sex, smoking and alcohol plus AgeAccelGrim0.71 (0.60 to 0.83)<0.001/0.00031.22 (1.04 to 1.42)0.016/0.0290.86 (0.75 to 1.01)0.068/0.100
Age, sex, chronic disease and walking speed0.73 (0.61 to 0.86)<0.001/.00031.18 (1.01 to 1.39)0.043/0.0670.87 (0.75 to 1.02)0.092/0.121
Age, sex, chronic disease plus AgeAccelGrim0.76 (0.64 to 0.91)0.001/0.0021.16 (0.99 to 1.37)0.075/0.1060.88 (0.76 to 1.04)0.138/0.168
Age, sex, anxiety and depression0.67 (0.56 0.80)<0.001/0.0031.25 (1.03 to 1.51)0.021/0.0340.90 (0.77 to 1.07)0.233/0.244
Age, sex, anxiety and depression plus AgeAccelGrim0.72 (0.60 to 0.86)<0.001/0.0031.21 (1.00 to 1.45)0.048/0.0740.90 (0.77 to 1.06)0.225/0.240
All*0.76 (0.64 to 0.91)0.002/0.0041.15 (0.96 to 1.39)0.128/0.1590.87 (0.74 to 1.03)0.104/0.135
  • *Age, sex, AgeAccelGrim, educational attainment, social class, total number of chronic diseases, time taken to walk 6 metres, smoking status, frequency of alcohol consumption, HADS anxiety score, HADS depression score.

  • †pFDR is the p value corrected for multiple comparisons using the False Discovery Rate.

  • HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.