Table 2.
Hazard ratios of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality according to adiposity measurement quintiles
| Quintile | Whole body fat % | Relative abdominal fat | Waist circumference | Waist–hip ratio | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | All-cause mortality | Cardiovascular mortality | n | All-cause mortality | Cardiovascular mortality | n | All-cause mortality | Cardiovascular mortality | n | All-cause mortality | Cardiovascular mortality | |
| Men | ||||||||||||
| 1st | 373 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 396 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 407 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 396 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 2nd | 396 | 0.72 (0.50, 1.04) | 1.33 (0.57, 3.09) | 397 | 0.62 (0.43, 0.89)** | 0.82 (0.37, 1.80) | 402 | 0.85 (0.59, 1.21) | 0.97 (0.38, 2.44) | 395 | 0.68 (0.46, 1.00) | 1.25 (0.54, 2.91) |
| 3rd | 336 | 0.81 (0.56, 1.18) | 1.48 (0.61, 3.45) | 399 | 0.58 (0.40, 0.85)** | 0.72 (0.32, 1.66) | 371 | 0.58 (0.38, 0.88)* | 1.82 (0.80, 4.16) | 399 | 0.78 (0.53, 1.14) | 1.02 (0.42, 2.48) |
| 4th | 352 | 0.63 (0.43, 0.92)* | 0.91 (0.37, 2.26) | 396 | 0.52 (0.36, 0.77)** | 0.58 (0.25, 1.38) | 406 | 0.83 (0.57, 1.19) | 1.40 (0.59, 3.30) | 395 | 0.92 (0.64, 1.33) | 1.27 (0.55, 2.93) |
| 5th | 528 | 0.54 (0.38, 0.78)** | 1.09 (0.49, 2.43) | 397 | 0.67 (0.47, 0.96)* | 1.31 (0.64, 2.68) | 398 | 0.87 (0.60, 1.25) | 1.54 (0.67, 3.53) | 400 | 0.86 (0.60, 1.23) | 1.56 (0.71, 3.42) |
| p value for trend | <0.001 | 0.692 | 0.011 | 0.443 | 0.196 | 0.296 | 0.811 | 0.417 | ||||
| Women | ||||||||||||
| 1st | 396 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 398 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 387 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 404 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 2nd | 399 | 0.72 (0.37, 1.42) | 0.48 (0.09, 2.50) | 398 | 1.10 (0.58, 2.09) | 0.45 (0.09, 2.33) | 384 | 0.55 (0.24, 1.23) | 0.79 (0.13, 4.77) | 378 | 0.76 (0.37, 1.55) | 0.77 (0.17, 3.46) |
| 3rd | 399 | 1.05 (0.56, 1.98) | 0.57 (0.11, 3.05) | 400 | 0.75 (0.38, 1.50) | 0.22 (0.03, 1.92) | 426 | 1.00 (0.51, 1.97) | 1.52 (0.33, 6.93) | 416 | 0.74 (0.36, 1.52) | 0.83 (0.19, 3.73) |
| 4th | 399 | 0.83 (0.43, 1.62) | 1.04 (0.27, 3.98) | 400 | 0.94 (0.49, 1.82) | 0.66 (0.16, 2.78) | 361 | 1.44 (0.76, 2.71) | 2.06 (0.49, 8.70) | 398 | 1.12 (0.60, 2.10) | 0.67 (0.15, 3.03) |
| 5th | 400 | 1.22 (0.66, 2.25) | 0.55 (0.10, 2.91) | 397 | 1.20 (0.65, 2.24) | 0.93 (0.25, 3.50) | 434 | 1.31 (0.70, 2.44) | 0.33 (0.03, 3.14) | 396 | 1.18 (0.63, 2.21) | 0.42 (0.07, 2.32) |
| p value for trend | 0.896 | 0.504 | 0.783 | 0.831 | 0.096 | 0.700 | 0.124 | 0.549 | ||||
By Cox regression, adjusted for age, physical activity, smoker status, history of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01