Table.

Adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the effect of cardiothoracic ratio on all cause and coronary heart disease mortality

Cardiothoracic ratio (fifths)	All causes (534 deaths)				Coronary heart disease (196 deaths)
	Adjusted for age	Adjusted for age and blood pressure*	Fully adjusted†		Adjusted for age	Adjusted for age and blood pressure*	Fully adjusted†
<0.4	1.0	1.0	1.0		1.0	1.0	1.0
0.4-0.439	1.07 (0.80 to 1.42)	1.08 (0.80 to 1.45)	1.08 (0.80 to 1.46)		1.15 (0.69 to 1.92)	1.04 (0.62 to 1.75)	1.02 (0.61 to 1.73)
0.44-0.449	0.96 (0.72 to 1.28)	0.94 (0.69 to 1.27)	0.98 (0.72 to 1.34)		1.11 (0.67 to 1.87)	1.03 (0.61 to 1.74)	1.02 (0.60 to 1.74)
0.45-0.469	0.96 (0.72 to 1.28)	0.93 (0.69 to 1.26)	1.02 (0.75 to 1.38)		1.45 (0.89 to 2.37)	1.32 (0.81 to 2.16)	1.33 (0.81 to 2.20)
⩾0.47	1.38 (1.05 to 1.82)	1.27 (0.95 to 1.70)	1.28 (0.95 to 1.73)		2.15 (1.35 to 3.44)	1.84 (1.14 to 2.97)	1.65 (1.01 to 2.70)

^*Adjusted for systolic pressure and diastolic pressure.  

^† Adjusted for age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, total cholesterol concentration, smoking habit, Rose angina, and electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemia (Minnesota codes: 1-1 to 1-3, 4-1 to 4-4, 5-1 to 5-3, and 7-1).