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. 2010 Sep 14;7(9):e1000339. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000339

Table 4. Healthy lifestyle scores and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality among nonsmoking and nondrinking women aged 40–70 y at baseline (n = 63,791), Shanghai Women's Health Study, 1996–2007.

Lifestyle Score Percent All-Cause (n = 2,302 deaths) CVD (n = 605) Cancer (n = 1,113)
n Deaths HR (95% CI) n Deaths HR (95% CI) n Deaths HR (95% CI)
Score 1
0–2 13.2 507 1.00 (Reference) 163 1.00 (Reference) 204 1.00 (Reference)
3 16.6 465 0.84 (0.74–0.95) 125 0.72 (0.57–0.92) 205 0.89 (0.73–1.08)
4 22.4 497 0.78 (0.69–0.89) 132 0.70 (0.56–0.89) 241 0.88 (0.73–1.06)
5 22.1 415 0.70 (0.62–0.80) 105 0.61 (0.48–0.78) 214 0.82 (0.68–1.00)
6 15.8 270 0.66 (0.57–0.77) 55 0.47 (0.34–0.64) 154 0.85 (0.68–1.05)
7–9 10.1 148 0.53 (0.43–0.63) 25 0.31 (0.20–0.48) 95 0.76 (0.59–0.97)
Trend test P<0.001 P<0.001 P = 0.022
Score 2
0 10.8 363 1.00 (Reference) 123 1.00 (Reference) 153 1.00 (Reference)
1 29.9 801 0.93 (0.82–1.05) 219 0.77 (0.62–0.96) 376 1.00 (0.83–1.20)
2 34.6 723 0.84 (0.74–0.95) 180 0.66 (0.52–0.83) 353 0.90 (0.74–1.09)
3 19.5 343 0.75 (0.64–0.87) 72 0.51 (0.38–0.68) 186 0.87 (0.70–1.09)
4–5 5.2 72 0.57 (0.44–0.74) 11 0.29 (0.16–0.54) 45 0.76 (0.54–1.06)
Trend test p<0.001 p<0.001 p = 0.030
Total PARa 33.4 58.7 18.9

All HRs are estimated from Cox proportional hazards regression models with age as the time-scale and are adjusted for education, occupation, and income. Range for score 1, 0–13 possible points; range for score 2, 0–5 possible points.

a

Estimated by summing exposure-category specific PARs from score 0 to 3 using the group with score 4–5 as the reference.