Distribution of postmortem interval until finding (PMI-f) and HRs stratified by household situation
| PMI-f (day) | Univariate models | Multivariate model | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n | Median | IQR | Q1 | Q3 | HR | 95% CI | HR† | 95% CI† |
| Living alone (n=659) | |||||||||
| Age | 0.97 | 0.96 to 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.96 to 0.98 | |||||
| 65≤, <75 | 245 | 1.61 | 3.30 | 0.53 | 3.83 | ||||
| 75≤, <85 | 315 | 0.99 | 2.56 | 0.44 | 3.00 | ||||
| 85≤ | 99 | 0.61 | 1.44 | 0.36 | 1.80 | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 343 | 1.19 | 2.81 | 0.46 | 3.27 | 1.29 | 1.11 to 1.51 | 1.23 | 1.04 to 1.44 |
| Female | 316 | 0.87 | 1.56 | 0.46 | 2.02 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Cause of death | |||||||||
| Unnatural death | 17 | 1.61 | 2.03 | 0.45 | 2.48 | 1.00 | 0.62 to 1.61 | 1.72 | 1.02 to 2.91 |
| Natural death | 642 | 1.00 | 2.54 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Place at which the subject was found | |||||||||
| At own home | 600 | 1.08 | 2.50 | 0.50 | 3.00 | 1.74 | 1.33 to 2.28 | 1.99 | 1.48 to 2.67 |
| Not at own home | 59 | 0.27 | 1.94 | 0.00 | 1.94 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Person who found the subject | |||||||||
| Not family member | 337 | 0.98 | 2.54 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 0.95 | 0.82 to 1.11 | 0.94 | 0.82 to 1.08 |
| Family member | 322 | 1.08 | 2.54 | 0.46 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Living with family (n=2728) | |||||||||
| Age | 0.99 | 0.99 to 1.00* | 0.99 | 0.99 to 1.00* | |||||
| 65≤, <75 | 712 | 0.08 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.25 | ||||
| 75≤, <85 | 1250 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.24 | ||||
| 85≤ | 766 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.21 | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 1549 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.93 | 0.86 to 1.00* | 0.92 | 0.85 to 0.99 |
| Female | 1179 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Cause of death | |||||||||
| Unnatural death | 227 | 0.06 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.17 | 1.02 to 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.02 to 2.91 |
| Natural death | 2501 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Place at which the subject was found | |||||||||
| At own home | 2166 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 1.17 | 1.06 to 1.28 | 1.32 | 1.14 to 1.51 |
| Not at own home | 562 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Person who found the subject | |||||||||
| Not family member | 466 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.87 | 0.79 to 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.82 to 1.08 |
| Family member | 2262 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
*p<0.05.
†Age, sex, person who found the subject, cause of death and place at which the subject was found.