TABLE 2.
Hazard ratio (95% CI) | ||||||
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Number of deaths | Rate per 1000 person‐years | Unadjusted | Age‐adjusted | Fully adjusted | p | |
All‐cause mortality | 279 | 22.1 | 0.93 (0.71–1.21) | 1.11 (0.85–1.45) | 1.13 (0.86–1.48) | .40 |
Cardiovascular mortality | 112 | 9.9 | 0.79 (0.51–1.22) | 1.01 (0.65–1.56) | 1.00 (0.64–1.56) | .99 |
Non‐cardiovascular mortality | 167 | 14.8 | 1.03 (0.74–1.43) | 1.17 (0.84–1.64) | 1.19 (0.84–1.68) | .33 |
p value for fully adjusted analyses.
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
Fully adjusted models included as covariates age, body mass index, current smoking, alcohol intake, serum total cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose and the presence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus at baseline.