Table 3.

HR of all-cause, cardiovascular, and noncardiovascular mortality among 4047 participants of the Whitehall II study from phase 7 (2002–2004) through to January 2010 by z-scores of measures of cortisol

	All-cause mortality	Noncardiovascular deaths	Cardiovascular deaths
Waking cortisol	0.94 (0.80–1.12)	0.93 (0.77–1.13)	0.95 (0.67–1.36)
CAR	0.94 (0.80–1.12)	0.90 (0.74–1.10)	1.12 (0.79–1.57)
Slope across the day	1.30 (1.09–1.55)	1.17 (0.96–1.43)	1.87 (1.32–2.64)
Bedtime cortisol	1.33 (1.11–1.59)	1.17 (0.96–1.44)	1.98 (1.39–2.81)

There were 139 all-cause deaths, 106 noncardiovascular deaths, and 32 cardiovascular deaths. One death from unknown cause was removed from the analysis. Numbers with bedtime cortisol were 137 all-cause deaths, 105 noncardiovascular deaths, and 32 events per 3977 total population for cardiovascular deaths. Data were adjusted for age, sex, employment grade, waking time on day of sample collection, and time of sample collection since waking at phase 7.