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Table 4 Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for determination of mortality status of decedents from the MPI/PO Study by the SSA DMF.

From: Use of the Social Security Administration Death Master File for ascertainment of mortality status

 

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

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