Table 3 Hazard ratio (95% CI) of all-cause mortality according to baseline waist circumference in men and women (n = 18,037).

From: Associations of body size with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in healthy older adults

Waist circumference1

Men

Women

No. of deaths/No. of pts

Incidence rate per 1000py

Model 1* HR (95% CI)

Model 2^ HR (95% CI)

No. of deaths/No. of pts

Incidence rate per 1000py

Model 1* HR (95% CI)

Model 2^ HR (95% CI)

Quintile 1

225/1668

20.56

1.32 (1.09, 1.59)

1.30 (1.07, 1.58)

175/2087

12.28

1.22 (0.98, 1.53)

1.22 (0.97, 1.53)

Quintile 2

193/1828

15.82

Ref

Ref

137/2027

9.90

Ref

Ref

Quintile 3

192/1594

18.27

1.17 (0.96, 1.43)

1.15 (0.94, 1.40)

164/2127

11.38

1.16 (0.93, 1.46)

1.15 (0.92, 1.45)

Quintile 4

168/1400

18.19

1.26 (1.03, 1.55)

1.20 (0.98, 1.48)

138/1985

10.37

1.12 (0.89, 1.42)

1.07 (0.84, 1.36)

Quintile 5

176/1514

17.87

1.33 (1.08, 1.63)

1.20 (0.97, 1.47)

166/1807

13.83

1.56 (1.25, 1.96)

1.44 (1.14, 1.81)

  1. 1Waist circumference Quintile Range (Mean) values for Men (cm): Q1: 56–93 (88.13); Q2: 94–99 (96.67), Q3:100–104 (101.97), Q4:105–110 (107.31), Q5: 111–153 (118.15); Female: Q1: 44–82 (76.15), Q2: 83–89 (86.13), Q3: 90–96 (92.95), Q4: 97–104 (100.2), Q5: 105–180 (112.77).
  2. *Model 1: Adjusted for age.
  3. ^Model 2: Adjusted for age, smoking status, aspirin treatment arm, diabetes status (yes, no), level of education (< 12 years, ≥ 12 years), living status (at home alone, with others), alcohol consumption (current alcohol consumption, former/never), and longest amount of time walking outside home without any rest.
  4. py, person years; Ref., reference.
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