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. 2012 Nov 8;176(11):1043–1050. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws285

Appendix Table 1.

Adjusteda Hazard Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Association Between Clinically Defined Cutpoints of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Mortality Among Subjects Nested Within the General Population Trial of Linxian, China, 1986–2010

Circulating 25(OH)D, nmol/L Total Deaths
Cancer Deaths
UGI Cancer Deaths
Cerebrovascular Deaths
Cardiovascular Deaths
No. of Deaths HR 95% CI No. of Deaths HR 95% CI No. of Deaths HR 95% CI No. of Deaths HR 95% CI No. of Deaths HR 95% CI
<25 274 1.00 Referent 75 1.00 Referent 62 1.00 Referent 95 1.00 Referent 68 1.00 Referent
25–37.4 175 1.08 0.89, 1.31 57 1.24 0.88, 1.76 47 1.25 0.85, 1.83 48 0.92 0.65, 1.30 53 1.31 0.91, 1.88
37.5– 49.9 130 0.96 0.78, 1.19 28 0.78 0.51, 1.21 24 0.81 0.51, 1.31 55 1.22 0.87, 1.70 32 0.93 0.61, 1.42
50–74.9 114 1.01 0.81, 1.27 35 1.10 0.73, 1.65 24 0.90 0.56, 1.45 40 0.97 0.67, 1.40 24 0.94 0.59, 1.50
75–99.9 57 1.00 0.75, 1.33 15 1.00 0.57, 1.75 11 0.89 0.47, 1.71 22 1.19 0.75, 1.91 13 0.89 0.49, 1.63
≥100 43 1.15 0.83, 1.59 7 0.77 0.35, 1.67 7 0.93 0.43, 2.05 19 1.60 0.97, 2.63 10 0.94 0.48, 1.84
 P for trend 0.621 0.169 0.310 0.128 0.293

Abbreviations: 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; UGI, upper gastrointestinal.

a Models were stratified on age and sex, with additional adjustment for separate continuous age variables for each stratum, as well as sex, hypertension, tobacco smoking, body mass index, and alcohol consumption.