Table 7. Risk of death from cardiovascular disease among men and women aged 20–79 years^a; associations with waist and hip circumferences mutually adjusted.

		Men			Women
Anthropometric measures		No. of persons	No. of deaths	Adjustedb HR (95% CI)	No. of persons	No. of deaths	Adjustedb HR (95% CI)
Waist circumference (cm)
Men	Women
<80	<70	1,882	33	0.98 (0.67–1.42)	3,981	25	0.86 (0.56–1.32)
80–89	70–79	9,466	233	1.00 (Reference)	11,122	152	1.00 (Reference)
90–99	80–89	10,378	404	1.20 (1.00–1.44)	8,589	265	1.26 (1.02–1.56)
100–109	90–99	3,625	226	1.52 (1.20–1.93)	4,330	207	1.65 (1.28–2.14)
≥110	≥100	1,006	99	2.64 (1.91–3.67)	2,174	144	2.54 (1.81–3.58)
Waist circumference, per 10 cm		26,357	995	1.42 (1.28–1.58)	30,196	793	1.44 (1.29–1.61)
Hip circumference (cm)
<95		2,360	80	1.16 (0.89–1.50)	6,457	96	1.40 (1.06–1.84)
95–99		6,158	225	1.00 (Reference)	6,639	115	1.00 (Reference)
100–104		9,203	335	0.75 (0.63–0.90)	6,840	173	0.88 (0.69–1.12)
105–109		5,471	200	0.61 (0.49–0.76)	4,498	151	0.77 (0.60–1.01)
≥110		3,165	155	0.65 (0.49–0.86)	5,762	258	0.67 (0.50–0.91)
Hip circumference, per 10 cm		26,357	995	0.73 (0.62–0.86)	30,196	793	0.77 (0.68–0.88)

Abbreviations: HR = hazard ratio, CI = confidence interval.

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

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