Table 6. Risk of death from cardiovascular disease among men and women aged 20–79 years^a; associations with anthropometric measures stratified by age at baseline.

	Adjustedb HR (95% CI)
	Men		Women
Anthropometric measures	20–59 years	60–79 years	20–59 years	60–79 years
Body mass index, per 5 kg/m2	1.55 (1.27–1.89)	1.11 (1.00–1.23)	1.26 (0.97–1.64)	1.09 (1.01–1.18)
Waist circumference, per 10 cm	1.49 (1.28–1.74)	1.15 (1.07–1.24)	1.36 (1.12–1.66)	1.18 (1.10–1.26)
Hip circumference, per 10 cm	1.45 (1.14–1.84)	1.04 (0.93–1.17)	1.12 (0.86–1.47)	1.09 (1.01–1.18)
Waist-to-hip ratio, per 0.1 unit	1.96 (1.52–2.53)	1.35 (1.20–1.51)	2.15 (1.60–2.89)	1.42 (1.26–1.60)
Waist-to-height ratio, per 0.1 unit	2.25 (1.73–2.93)	1.37 (1.21–1.55)	1.69 (1.23–2.33)	1.30 (1.18–1.44)
Per one SD increase
Body mass indexc	1.35 (1.18–1.55)	1.08 (1.00–1.15)	1.23 (0.97–1.56)	1.08 (1.01–1.16)
Waist circumferenced	1.44 (1.26–1.66)	1.14 (1.06–1.22)	1.42 (1.14–1.77)	1.20 (1.12–1.30)
Hip circumferencee	1.25 (1.08–1.45)	1.03 (0.96–1.10)	1.11 (0.86–1.44)	1.09 (1.01–1.17)
Waist-to-hip ratiof	1.47 (1.27–1.69)	1.18 (1.11–1.26)	1.58 (1.33–1.89)	1.24 (1.15–1.33)
Waist-to-height ratiog	1.54 (1.34–1.76)	1.18 (1.10–1.26)	1.46 (1.16–1.84)	1.21 (1.13–1.30)

Abbreviations: HR = hazard ratio, SD = standard deviation, CI = confidence interval.

^aParticipants with body mass index <18.5 kg/m² were excluded from the analyses.

^bAdjusted for age (in the time scale), smoking (never, former, current, unknown) and physical activity per week (no, <3 hours light, ≥3 hours light or <1 hour hard, ≥1 hour hard, unknown).

^cOne SD: men 3.5 kg/m², women 4.5 kg/m².

^dOne SD: men 9.2 cm, women 11.5 cm.

^eOne SD: men 9.2 cm, women 9.4 cm.

^fOne SD: 0.06 for both sexes.

^gOne SD: men 0.05, women 0.07.