Table 3 The mortality and hazard ratios associated with sodium excretion and mortality in the tertiles of urinary sodium excretion

 Person-years

5469

5461

5451

 No. of events

48

44

57

 Mortality^a

8.78

8.06

10.46

 Model 1^b

1 (ref)

0.82 (0.54–1.23)

1.09 (0.74–1.61)

0.504

 Model 2^c

1 (ref)

0.77 (0.49–1.19)

1.04 (0.64–1.67)

0.669

 Model 3^d

1 (ref)

0.74 (0.47–1.15)

0.94 (0.58–1.53)

0.972

 No. of events

6

9

16

 Mortality^a

1.10

1.65

2.93

 Model 1^b

1 (ref)

1.18 (0.41–3.42)

2.38 (0.93–6.11)

0.040

 Model 2^c

1 (ref)

1.25 (0.41–3.77)

2.67 (0.90–7.89)

0.043

 Model 3^d

1 (ref)

1.08 (0.36–3.30)

1.90 (0.64–5.63)

0.171

 No. of events

21

16

19

 Mortality^a

3.84

2.93

3.49

 Model 1^b

1 (ref)

0.71 (0.37–1.36)

0.83 (0.45–1.56)

0.644

 Model 2^c

1 (ref)

0.63 (0.31–1.28)

0.81 (0.37–1.76)

0.708

 Model 3^d

1 (ref)

0.62 (0.31–1.26)

0.84 (0.38–1.85)

0.788

 No. of events

21

19

22

 Mortality^a

3.84

3.48

4.04

 Model 1^b

1 (ref)

0.82 (0.44–1.52)

0.97 (0.53–1.77)

0.994

 Model 2^c

1 (ref)

0.73 (0.37–1.43)

0.75 (0.35–1.61)

0.524

 Model 3^d

1 (ref)

0.69 (0.35–1.37)

0.66 (0.30–1.45)

0.357