Table 3.

Hazards ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the relation of risk factors with cardiovascular disease mortality (N=1503)

		n deaths	n at risk	Age- and sex-adjusted	Age-, sex- and socioeconomic-adjusteda	Mutually-adjustedb
BMI category	Underweight/normal	64	1,081	1.00 Referent	1.00	1.00
	Overweight	33	369	1.19 (0.77, 1.83)	1.18 (0.76, 1.81)	1.17 (0.75, 1.82)
	Obese	6	53	1.79 (0.77, 4.16)	1.77 (0.76, 4.11)	1.46 (0.57, 3.73)
p-value for trend				0.172	0.196	0.358
Hypertensive	No	70	1,149	1.00	1.00	-
	Yes	33	354	1.48 (0.98, 2.24)	1.46 (0.96, 2.21)	-
Bronchitis	No	100	1,484	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Yes	3	19	1.74 (0.55, 5.52)	1.57 (0.49, 5.01)	1.18 (0.37, 3.82)
Smoking status	Never smoker	11	501	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Ex-smoker	5	105	1.58 (0.54, 4.57)	1.60 (0.55, 4.64)	1.60 (0.55, 4.66)
	Current smoker	87	897	4.16 (2.22, 7.80)	4.03 (2.15, 7.59)	4.20 (2.22, 7.96)
p-value for trend				<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Social class	Non-manual	37	695	1.00	-	1.00
	Manual	66	808	1.42 (0.94, 2.13)	-	1.04 (0.68, 1.60)
Regular drivers	Yes	39	538	1.00	-	1.00
	No	64	965	1.21 (0.80, 1.82)	-	1.01 (0.66, 1.54)
Height	SD increase	103	1,503	0.82 (0.63, 1.07)	0.85 (0.65, 1.12)	0.93 (0.69, 1.27)
Diastolic blood pressure	SD increase	103	1,503	1.14 (0.93, 1.41)	1.15 (0.94, 1.42)	1.09 (0.87, 1.37)
Systolic blood pressure	SD increase	103	1,503	1.16 (0.96, 1.39)	1.15 (0.95, 1.38)	1.17 (0.95, 1.45)
FEV1	SD increase	103	1,503	0.69 (0.55, 0.86)	0.71 (0.56, 0.89)	0.72 (0.50, 1.02)
FVC	SD increase	103	1,503	0.76 (0.59, 0.98)	0.79 (0.60, 1.03)	1.09 (0.70, 1.69)
Cardiothoracic ratio	SD increase	103	1,503	1.06 (0.88, 1.27)	1.05 (0.86, 1.27)	1.01 (0.83, 1.24)
Alcohol	SD increase	103	1,503	1.20 (1.02, 1.41)	1.17 (1.00, 1.38)	1.07 (0.90, 1.28)

^asocio-economic status comprised occupational social class and car use/ownership;

^bmutual adjustment is for all variables in the table except hypertension (control was made for blood pressure components)