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. 2011 Jan 9;2011:983764. doi: 10.4061/2011/983764

Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HRs) for cardiovascular disease mortality by lifestyle practices, Leisure World Cohort Study, 1981–2007, women by age group.

No. Model 1* Model 2* No. Model 1* Model 2* No. Model 1* Model 2* No. Model 1* Model 2*
HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI HR 95% CI

Age at entry <70 years (n = 2599) Age at entry 70–74 years (n = 2151) Age at entry 75–79 years (n = 2051) Age at entry 80+ years (n = 1643)
Smoking

Never 1108 1.00 1.00 1060 1.00 1.00 1233 1.00 1.00 1226 1.00 1.00
Past 986 1.11 0.96–1.29 1.12 0.96–1.30 792 1.02 0.90–1.15 1.03 0.91–1.17 627 1.22 1.08–1.38 1.25 1.10–1.42 345 1.10 0.95–1.28 1.13 0.97–1.31
Current 505 1.86 1.56–2.22 2.04 1.69–2.45 299 1.44 1.21–1.72 1.50 1.25–1.81 191 1.64 1.36–1.98 1.71 1.40–2.09 72 1.29 0.96–1.73 1.46 1.07–1.98

Alcohol consumption drinks/day

0 607 1.00 1.00 576 1.00 1.00 544 1.00 1.00 609 1.00 1.00
<1 901 0.75 0.63–0.89 0.78 0.65–0.93 721 0.84 0.73–0.97 0.92 0.79–1.06 758 0.83 0.73–0.95 0.85 0.74–0.98 609 0.93 0.81–1.06 1.00 0.87–1.15
2-3 598 0.78 0.64–0.94 0.75 0.61–0.92 485 0.84 0.71–0.98 0.87 0.73–1.02 449 0.75 0.64–0.87 0.72 0.61–0.84 265 0.87 0.73–1.04 0.92 0.76–1.11
4+ 493 0.93 0.76–1.13 0.88 0.71–1.08 369 0.95 0.80–1.13 0.95 0.79–1.14 300 0.81 0.68–0.96 0.74 0.62–0.90 160 0.94 0.76–1.16 1.01 0.81–1.27

Caffeine consumption mg/day

<50 640 1.00 1.00 559 1.00 1.00 602 1.00 1.00 558 1.00 1.00
50–99 330 0.90 0.71–1.13 0.95 0.76–1.20 322 0.89 0.74–1.07 0.90 0.75–1.09 286 0.99 0.83–1.18 1.03 0.86–1.22 240 0.90 0.75–1.08 0.91 0.76–1.09
100–199 592 0.95 0.79–1.15 0.97 0.80–1.17 560 0.87 0.75–1.02 0.88 0.76–1.03 535 0.95 0.82–1.10 1.00 0.86–1.16 433 0.88 0.76–1.03 0.89 0.76–1.04
200–399 716 0.91 0.75–1.09 0.92 0.76–1.11 529 0.84 0.72–0.98 0.87 0.74–1.02 486 1.03 0.89–1.19 1.07 0.92–1.25 327 0.77 0.65–0.91 0.75 0.63–0.90
400+ 321 1.11 0.89–1.40 1.15 0.92–1.45 181 0.77 0.61–0.98 0.76 0.69–0.97 142 0.88 0.70–1.10 0.90 0.71–1.14 85 0.88 0.67–1.15 0.85 0.64–1.12

Active activities hrs/day

None 392 1.00 1.00 372 1.00 1.00 466 1.00 1.00 582 1.00 1.00
<1/2 716 0.94 0.76–1.16 0.99 0.80–1.22 642 0.82 0.69–0.97 0.82 0.69–0.97 661 0.84 0.73–0.98 0.83 0.72–0.97 545 0.86 0.74–0.99 0.89 0.77–1.04
3/4–1 992 0.77 0.63–0.94 0.82 0.67–1.01 772 0.72 0.61–0.84 0.75 0.63–0.89 689 0.76 0.66–0.88 0.80 0.69–0.93 414 0.68 0.58–0.79 0.71 0.60–0.83
2+ 499 0.73 0.58–0.92 0.76 0.61–0.97 365 0.66 0.66–0.81 0.70 0.58–0.86 235 0.72 0.59–0.88 0.81 0.66–0.99 102 0.64 0.49–0.83 0.71 0.54–0.93

Other activities hrs/day

<2 238 1.00 1.00 197 1.00 1.00 242 1.00 1.00 268 1.00 1.00
2-3 881 0.92 0.72–1.17 0.95 0.74–1.21 810 0.90 0.73–1.10 0.88 0.71–1.09 837 0.90 0.76–1.08 0.93 0.77–1.11 702 0.76 0.64–0.90 0.84 0.70–1.00
4-5 754 0.93 0.73–1.18 0.98 0.76–1.25 619 0.78 0.63–0.96 0.83 0.66–1.03 549 0.84 0.70–1.02 0.87 0.72–1.05 408 0.73 0.61–0.88 0.82 0.68–0.99
6+ 726 0.84 0.65–1.07 0.85 0.66–1.09 525 0.69 0.55–0.86 0.68 0.54–0.84 423 0.77 0.63–0.94 0.81 0.66–0.99 265 0.65 0.52–0.80 0.72 0.60–0.89

Body mass index kg/m2

<18.5 89 2.19 1.59–3.02 2.36 1.70–3.26 102 1.27 0.96–1.67 1.29 0.96–1.67 124 1.36 1.09–1.70 1.34 1.07–1.69 152 1.45 1.18–1.79 1.50 1.22–1.86
18.5–24.9 1773 1.00 1.00 1473 1.00 1.00 1464 1.00 1.00 1188 1.00 1.00
25–29.9 580 1.17 1.00–1.37 1.03 0.88–1.21 487 1.06 0.92–1.21 0.97 0.84–1.11 400 0.97 0.84–1.11 0.87 0.75–1.00 261 0.92 0.78–1.09 0.91 0.78–1.08
30+ 157 1.39 1.05–1.83 1.13 0.85–1.50 89 1.55 1.19–2.00 1.38 1.06–1.79 63 1.34 0.99–1.81 1.09 0.80–1.48 42 1.44 1.03–2.03 1.39 0.98–1.97

*Model 1: adjusted for age at entry; Model 2: adjusted for age at entry, smoking, alcohol, caffeine, active activities, other activities, body mass index, high blood pressure, angina, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.