Table 4

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for determination of mortality status of decedents from the MPI/PO Study by the SSA DMF.


ODDS RATIO
95 % CI
P-VALUE

Gender (male)
1.1
0.5, 2.2
0.83
Age 1st Quartile
1


     2nd Quartile
1.2
0.5, 2.6
0.72
     3rd Quartile
1.5
0.6, 3.6
0.36
     4th Quartile
7.3
2.0, 26.8
<0.01
American born
1


Foreign born
0.3
0.1, 0.5
<0.01
White
1


African American
0.4
0.1, 1.1
0.07
Asian
3.0
0.5, 17.0
0.22
Hispanic
3.4
0.4, 31.8
0.28
Married
1


Single
3.5
0.6, 20.5
0.17
Widowed
6.6
0.5, 83.8
0.15
Divorced
0.6
0.2, 1.4
0.23

Abbreviations: confidence interval, CI; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging/Patient Outcomes, MPI/PO; Social Security Administration Death Master File, SSA DMF

Schisterman and Whitcomb Population Health Metrics 2004 2:2   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-2-2