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Table 4 Relative index of inequality (95% confidence interval) using different cause-of-death attribution approaches

From: Educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with gout: a register-based matched cohort study in southern Sweden

 

Participants with gout

Participants without gout

Underlying cause

Any mention

Multiple cause

Underlying cause

Any mention

Multiple cause

Disease group

ω = 1

 

ω = 0.75

ω = 0.5

Equal weights

ω = 1

 

ω = 0.75

ω = 0.5

Equal weights

Infectious

1.14 (0.67, 1.95)

1.36 (1.00, 1.86)

0.76 (0.15, 3.93)

0.76 (0.15, 3.99)

0.76 (0.15, 3.97)

1.38 (0.99, 1.93)

1.40 (1.15, 1.70)

1.63 (0.63, 4.20)

2.61 (0.83, 1.95)

2.46 (0.79, 7.67)

Neoplasms

1.18 (0.97, 1.45)

1.21 (1.01, 1.44)

1.11 (0.87, 1.42)

1.06 (0.8, 1.41)

1.04 (0.77, 1.40)

1.24 (1.12, 1.37)

1.26 (1.15, 1.38)

1.20 (1.07, 1.35)

1.19 (1.05, 1.36)

1.17 (1.02, 1.34)

Blood & endocrine

1.65 (1.07, 2.55)

1.48 (1.21, 1.81)

5.81 (2.30, 14.65)

2.27 (0.17, 30.32)

2.26 (0.18, 27.80)

1.34 (1.00, 1.79)

1.71 (1.48, 1.96)

NA

1.56 (0.19, 13.06)

1.58 (0.19, 13.25)

Mental & nervous

0.89 (0.58, 1.38)

1.00 (0.79, 1.27)

0.58 (0.23, 1.41)

0.48 (0.19, 1.18)

0.52 (0.21, 1.27)

1.10 (0.93, 1.30)

1.25 (1.12, 1.39)

0.94 (0.71, 1.25)

0.86 (0.63, 1.17)

1.10 (0.74, 1.63)

Cardiovascular

1.40 (1.24, 1.60)

1.39 (1.26, 1.55)

1.44 (1.26, 1.65)

1.46 (1.27, 1.68)

1.50 (1.27, 1.76)

1.65 (1.52, 1.79)

1.60 (1.50, 1.71)

1.72 (1.57, 1.88)

1.75 (1.59, 1.93)

1.82 (1.64, 2.01)

Respiratory

1.31 (0.92, 1.88)

1.47 (1.22, 1.77)

1.51 (0.59, 3.85)

1.74 (0.68, 4.43)

1.75 (0.75, 4.08)

2.01 (1.65, 2.43)

1.70 (1.53, 1.89)

2.25 (1.52, 3.32)

2.12 (1.55, 2.90)

1.60 (1.06, 2.42)

Digestive

1.04 (0.66, 1.65)

0.98 (0.73, 1.32)

1.04 (0.33, 3.25)

0.81 (0.24, 2.68)

0.87 (0.31, 2.46)

1.65 (1.23, 2.22)

1.64 (1.36, 1.98)

2.13 (1.00, 4.52)

2.12 (1.00, 4.50)

2.12 (1.00, 4.50)

Genitourinary

1.56 (0.90, 2.71)

1.45 (1.18, 1.77)

1.80 (1.03, 3.15)

3.14 (0.63, 15.72)

3.12 (0.63, 15.52)

1.45 (0.97, 2.17)

1.47 (1.25, 1.72)

1.17 (0.50, 2.75)

NA

NA

Other

1.08 (0.78, 1.51)

1.20 (1.04, 1.38)

0.91 (0.56, 1.49)

0.84 (0.55, 1.29)

0.84 (0.53, 1.32)

1.45 (1.21, 1.74)

1.48 (1.36, 1.61)

1.41 (1.11, 1.78)

1.59 (1.31, 1.93)

1.57 (1.29, 1.90)

  1. ω: weight attributed to the underlying cause of death; NA: these models encounter convergence problem. All models were adjusted for age, sex, marital status, and country of birth
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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