Table 2

Predictive Value of Sociodemographic Characteristics, SOC, Baseline Disability, Indicators of Mental Functioning, and Measures of Multimorbidity for Mortality, Hospitalization, and ADL Decline

Characteristic	Mortality (n = 106)		Hospitalization (n = 241)		ADL Decline (n = 96)

	Crude Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Crude Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Crude Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
SOC (highest tertile)	0.52 (0.33–0.81)^a	0.62 (0.38–1.0)^a	0.87 (0.66–1.1)	0.90 (0.68–1.2)	0.51 (0.30–0.89)^a	0.56 (0.31–1.0)^b
Age	1.1 (1.0–1.1)^a	1.0 (0.99–1.1)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^a	1.0 (0.99–1.1)	1.1 (1.1–1.2)^a	1.1 (1.0–1.2)^a
Men	1.0 (0.68–1.5)	1.3 (0.87–2.0)	1.1 (0.89–1.5)	1.3 (0.87–2.0)	1.2 (0.72–1.9)	1.2 (0.69–2.1)
Family situation	1.2 (1.0–1.5)^a	1.2 (0.96–1.4)	0.98 (0.87–1.1)	1.2 (0.96 –1.4)	0.95 (0.77–1.2)	0.83 (0.64–1.1)
Level of education > primary school	1.0 (0.69–1.5)	1.4 (0.92–2.1)	1.2 (0.92–1.6)	1.4 (1.1–1.8)^a	1.0 (0.62–1.6)	1.2 (0.73–2.1)
GDS-15 score >5	1.6 (1.0–2.4)^a	0.94 (0.59–1.5)	1.3 (0.97–1.8)	1.1 (0.78–1.5)	1.0 (0.57–1.9)	0.85 (0.43–1.7)
MMSE (categories)	2.0 (1.5–2.6)^c	1.8 (1.3–2.3)^c	1.3 (1.1–1.6)^a	1.3 (1.1–1.6)^a	2.1 (1.4–3.1)^a	2.1 (1.3–3.4)
ADL disability (lowest sex-specific quartile)	2.9 (2.0–4.3)^c	2.1 (1.4–3.3)^a	1.9 (1.4–2.6)^c	1.6 (1.2–2.3)^a	1.3 (0.7–2.3)	0.97 (0.50–1.9)
DC (categories)^d	1.5 (1.2–1.9)^c	1.1 (1.0–1.2)^a	1.6 (1.4–1.9)^c	1.6 (1.4–1.9)^c	1.0 (0.77–1.4)	0.98 (0.71–1.3)

ADL = activities of daily living; DC = disease count; GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; SOC = sense of coherence.
↵a P <.05.
↵b P = .05.
↵c P <.001.
↵d Disease count categories: Level 1: DC <3; level 2: DC 3–4; level 3: DC >5.