Pooled estimates for age-adjusted hazard ratios of mortality between men and women (reference) adjusted for socioeconomic, lifestyle, health and social factors
Variable | Pooled HR (95% CI) | I2, % | Change, %* |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 1.60 (1.51–1.70) | 71.5 | – |
Socioeconomic | |||
Education | 1.68 (1.58–1.80) | 76.1 | 10.4 |
Wealth | 1.64 (1.56–1.73) | 52.5 | 5.3 |
Lifestyle | |||
Smoking | 1.47 (1.39–1.55) | 57.6 | −18.0 |
Alcohol consumption | 1.74 (1.62–1.88) | 79.3 | 17.8 |
Health | |||
Cardiovascular disease | 1.56 (1.46–1.66) | 73.6 | −5.4 |
Diabetes | 1.58 (1.49–1.68) | 67.0 | −2.7 |
Hypertension | 1.61 (1.52–1.70) | 69.1 | 1.3 |
Depression | 1.72 (1.61–1.85) | 77.7 | 15.4 |
Social | |||
No spouse | 1.71 (1.60–1.82) | 72.2 | 14.1 |
Living alone | 1.57 (1.49–1.65) | 53.1 | −4.0 |
Note: CI = confidence interval, HR = hazard ratio.
↵* Change, %: the percentage change in effect size compared with the age-adjusted HR on the logarithmic scale.