Adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality by self-rated health category and sex, n = 7,959, 5 Swiss towns, 1977–79, ≥16 years at baseline.

<p>*continuous variable.</p><p>Model 1 (basic): age; Model 2 (socio-demographic): basic model + education, marital status; Model 3 (lifestyle): socio-demographic model + smoking status; Model 4 (medical history): lifestyle model + disease and medication status; Model 5 (clinical): medical history model + fasting blood glucose, systolic blood pressure.</p><p>95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) of all models (including Model 2–4) are given in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0030795#pone.0030795.s002" target="_blank">Table S2</a> (Supporting Information).