Table 6.
Relationship between crude mortality rate and quintiles of adiposity measurements in older men and women
| Quintiles | Death per 1,000 person-years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| Men | |||||
| Whole body fat %* | 29.5 | 20.0 | 22.7 | 19.9 | 18.4 |
| Relative abdominal fat** | 32.4 | 20.1 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 22.4 |
| Waist | 26.2 | 22.3 | 14.2 | 20.8 | 25.1 |
| Waist to hip ratio | 26.3 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 23.2 | 24.6 |
| Women | |||||
| Whole body fat % | 9.6 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 9.1 |
| Relative abdominal fat | 8.2 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
| Waist | 7.6 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| Waist to hip ratio | 7.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 10.6 |
*p for trend <0.01; **p for trend <0.05