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. 2010 Jan 14;340:b5349. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b5349

Table 2.

 Summary excess relative risks (ERR)* per Gy and excess additive risks per 104 person year Gy† (EAR/104 PY-Gy) for types of circulatory disease mortality

Circulatory disease Indicated as underlying cause of death Underlying or contributing cause of death
Deaths P value % ERR/Gy (95% CI) EAR/104 PY-Gy (95% CI)† Deaths % ERR/Gy (95% CI)
Total 19 054 <0.001 11 (5 to 17) 5.5 (2.7 to 8.4) 25 113 15 (10 to 20)
Stroke 9 622 0.02 9 (1 to 17) 2.3 (0.4 to 4.4) 12 139 12 (5 to 19)
Heart disease 8 463 <0.001 14 (6 to 23) 3.2 (1.3 to 5.2) 14 018 18 (11 to 25)
Other 969 >0.5 2 (−18 to 29) 0.1 (−0.4 to 0.7) 5 846 58 (45 to 72)

*Estimates based on linear model, adjusted for city, sex, age at exposure, and attained age.

†Average EARs calculated directly from fitted ERR models.