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. 2024 Jun 5;7(6):e2415051. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.15051

Table 3. Adjusted HR of All-Cause Mortality According to the Quantiles of Body Roundness Indexa .

Weibull Regression Model HR (95% CI)
Q1: 1.05 to <3.41 Q2: 3.41 to <4.45 Q3: 4.45 to <5.46 Q4: 5.46 to <6.91 Q5: ≥6.91
Without adjustment 0.57 (0.49-0.67)b 0.81 (0.69-0.95)c 1 [Reference] 1.48 (1.30-1.69)b 1.62 (1.42-1.85)b
Adjusted only for age and sex 1.21 (1.03-1.44)c 1.10 (0.95-1.28) 1 [Reference] 1.31 (1.15-1.49)b 1.58 (1.39-1.81)b
Partially adjustedd 1.26 (1.07-1.49)e 1.13 (0.97-1.31) 1 [Reference] 1.26 (1.10-1.44)b 1.52 (1.33-1.74)b
Fully adjustedf 1.25 (1.05-1.47)c 1.13 (0.97-1.31) 1 [Reference] 1.25 (1.09-1.43)e 1.49 (1.31-1.70)b

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; Q, quantile.

a

Data on US adults 20 years or older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality Files, 1999 to 2018. There were 3452 all-cause deaths in 32 995 participants (329 393 total person-years).

b

P < .001.

c

P < .05.

d

Adjusted for age, sex, race and ethnicity, education, and income.

e

P < .01.

f

Adjusted for age, sex, race and ethnicity, education, income, smoking, drinking, family history of cardiovascular disease, and family history of diabetes.