Tab. III.

Relative risks with confidence intervals and after the elimination of overweight and smoking effects in three groups.

Diseases	Group 1 RR(CI)	Group 2 RR(CI)	Group 3 RR(CI)
Hypertension	2.14 (1.02-4.46)	1.00 (0.99-1.01)	1.02 (0.97-1.01)
Myocardial infarction	1.53 (1.46-1.61)	-	-
Unstable angina	1.54 (1.46-1.61)	1.13 (1.10-1.16)	1.30 (1.25-1.34)
Stable angina	1.54 (1.47-1.62)	1.14 (1.11-1.17)	1.30 (1.25-1.34)
Thrombophlebitis	2.87 (2.62-3.14)	8.48 (7.07-10.17)
Varicose veins	1.53 (1.46-1.61)	1.13 (1.10-1.16)	1.30 (1.25-1.35)
Chronic heart failure	1.52 (1.45-1.60)	-	-