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Table 3 Parameter estimates in the Poisson model

From: The aging Canadian population and hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction: projection to 2020

Parameter

Estimate (standard error)

95% Confidence interval

P-value

≥ 75 years (β2)

3.61(0.07)

3.48, 3.73

< 0.01

65-74 years (β3)

2.98 (0.07)

2.85, 3.12

< 0.01

50-64 years (β4)

2.34 (0.07)

2.21, 2.47

< 0.01

Female (β5)

-1.39 (0.08)

-1.54, -1.23

< 0.01

Female, ≥ 75 years (β6)

0.98 (0.08)

0.82, 1.13

< 0.01

Female, 65-74 years (β7)

0.63 (0.08)

0.46, 0.80

< 0.01

Female, 50-64 years (β8)

0.21 (0.08)

0.04, 0.37

0.01

Year (β1)

0.01 (0.01)

-0.01, 0.04

0.24

Year*Female (β9)

-0.0005 (0.01)

-0.02, 0.02

0.95

Year* ≥ 75+ years (β10)

-0.05 (0.01)

-0.08, -0.02

< 0.01

Year*65-74 years (β11)

-0.04 (0.02)

-0.07, 0.00

0.02

Year*50-64 years (β12)

-0.01 (0.01)

-0.04, 0.02

0.34

Scale

5.96

  
  1. Deviance = 1842.83, Pearson χ 2 = 1810.59, degrees of freedom = 51, Akaike information criterion = 96.53, Bayesian information criterion = 124.60
  2. Scale parameter estimated by square root of Pearson's χ 2/degrees of freedom