Death rates among patients who had received an alcohol diagnosis were compared with death rates among patients who had never received such a diagnosis, with hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) in Cox model, adjusted for age, gender, mental and behavioural disorders, year of entrance, and number of visits to the ED.
Dánartíðni meðal sjúklinga með áfengisgreiningu var borin saman við dánartíðni meðal sjúklinga sem ekki höfðu fengið áfengisgreiningu. Reiknað var áhættuhlutfall (Hazard ratio, HR) og 95% öryggisbil (CI) í Cox aðhvarfsgreiningu, leiðrétt var fyrir aldri, kyni, geðrænum vandamálum, komuári og fjölda koma.