Research Article

Modeling Survival Time to Death among Stroke Patients at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 4

Result of multivariable Weibull AFT model.

CovariatesCategoriesCoefSE95% CI for value

AgeContinuous-0.010.0040.98(0.97, 0.99)<0.001
Atrial fibrillation (ref: no)Yes-0.390.140.67(0.51, 0.94)0.004
Alcohol consumption (ref: no)Yes-0.320.130.72(0.56, 0.94)0.013
Types of stroke (ref: ischemic)Hemorrhagic-0.330.130.73(0.55, 0.93)0.011
Hypertension (ref: no)Yes-0.650.180.52(0.37, 0.75)<0.001
Diabetes mellitus (ref: no)Yes-0.380.130.68(0.52, 0.88)0.003

Coef = estimated value of coefficients; SE = standard error, = acceleration factor; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval for acceleration factor; ref = reference. Statistically significant at 5% level.