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Table 2 Associations of baseline variables with survival as determined by Cox proportional hazards models

From: Survival in patients with Parkinson’s disease: a ten-year follow-up study in northern China

Baseline variable

Univariate Cox regressiona

Multivariate Cox regression

 

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P Value

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P Value

Age at onset,1-y increase

1.11 (1.07–1.15)

 < 0.001

1.10 (1.06–1.15)

 < 0.001

Symmetry of motor signs

 No

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Yes

3.24 (1.80–5.82)

 < 0.001

1.34 (0.69–2.60)

0.384

H&Y stage

  < 3

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

  ≥ 3

7.63 (2.71–21.43)

 < 0.001

9.36 (2.82–31.03)

 < 0.001

Motor-based subtype

 TD

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Indeterminate

1.81 (0.68–4.81)

0.238

1.27 (0.47–3.44)

0.639

 PIGD

2.71 (1.50–4.88)

0.001

1.41 (0.70–2.84)

0.338

Dysphagia

 No

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Yes

3.47 (1.97–6.12)

 < 0.001

1.47 (0.77–2.81)

0.240

Cognitive impairment

 None

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Mild

1.76 (0.89–3.50)

0.106

1.41 (0.66–3.04)

0.378

 Severe

12.77 (6.51–25.04)

 < 0.001

6.18 (2.75–13.88)

 < 0.001

Fatigue

 No

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Yes

2.54 (1.37–4.70)

0.003

1.36 (0.68–2.73)

0.386

Sleep quality gradeb

 Very good

1.00 (reference)

   

 Fairly good

2.09 (1.09–4.04)

0.028

  

 Fairly bad

2.87 (1.36–6.07)

0.006

  

 Very bad

2.52 (0.58–10.95)

0.219

  

Physical exercise at leisure time

 Never

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

  < median

0.52 (0.22–1.20)

0.126

0.74 (0.31–1.79)

0.505

  ≥ median

0.41 (0.22–0.74)

0.003

0.70 (0.36–1.35)

0.285

Deep brain stimulation

 No

1.00 (reference)

 

1.00 (reference)

 

 Yes

0.44 (0.24–0.83)

0.012

0.57 (0.30–1.12)

0.103

  1. aOnly statistically significant variables are listed in the table, and other variables are showed in Table S1; bSleep quality grade is significantly correlated with multiple variables, given the possible intermediary variable it is, we excluded it from multivariate Cox regression model to avoid multicollinearity
  2. CI Confidence interval, H&Y Hoehn and Yahr stage, TD Tremor-dominant, PIGD Posture instability gait difficulty-dominant