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Table 3 Hazard ratios of care need by comorbidities

From: Extremity injuries and dementia disproportionately increase the risk for long-term care at older age in an analysis of German Health Insurance routine data for the years 2006 to 2010

 

Model 3*

HR

95% CI

Diseases (ref: not afflicted)

   

Hypertension

0.51

0.49

0.52

Diabetes

1.15

1.12

1.18

Ischemic stroke

0.83

0.80

0.85

Cerebral stroke

1.42

1.38

1.46

Hypercholesterolemia

0.75

0.73

0.78

Atrial fibrillation

1.41

1.37

1.45

Parkinson's disease

1.56

1.49

1.65

Heart insufficiency

1.50

1.46

1.55

Pneumonia

1.80

1.74

1.87

Lung insufficiency

1.04

1.00

1.07

Nervous disease

1.10

1.07

1.13

Gastric disease

0.77

0.75

0.79

Alcoholic liver disease

1.87

1.66

2.09

Atherosclerosis

1.05

1.02

1.09

Infections/parasites

1.14

1.11

1.17

External injuries

0.97

0.95

1.00

Smoking related cancers

1.72

1.66

1.79

Non smoking related cancer

1.32

1.27

1.37

  1. HR: hazard ratio, CI: confidence interval
  2. *Model 3 controls for extremity injuries, dementia, age, sex and rehabilitation (see Table 2)
  3. Source: AOK claims data, own calculations