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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May 29;21(9):1870–1876. doi: 10.1002/oby.20399

Table 4.

Mortality rates and hazard ratios for all-cause mortality.

Deaths (n) Man-years Mortality
rate a
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Model 1b Model 2c Model 3d
BAI
 Low 104 (6554) 57370 19.5 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 Middle 125 (6590) 55521 20.4 1.05 (0.81 – 1.36) 0.99 (0.76 – 1.28) 0.89 (0.68 – 1.16)
 Upper 124 (6612) 50953 25.0 1.28 (0.98 – 1.66) 1.12 (0.86 – 1.46) 0.88 (0.66 – 1.17)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.15 (1.04 – 1.29) 1.09 (0.97 – 1.22) 0.97 (0.86 – 1.09)
BMI
 18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2 139 (6458) 59921 19.1 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 25.0 - 29.9 kg/m2 154 (9702) 78143 20.2 1.06 (0.84 – 1.34) 0.97 (0.76 – 1.22) 0.82 (0.65 – 1.05)
 ≥ 30.0 kg/m2 60 (3596) 25780 31.2 1.63 (1.19 – 2.23) 1.28 (0.93 – 1.78) 0.90 (0.63 – 1.29)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.28 (1.14 – 1.42) 1.17 (1.04 – 1.32) 1.02 (0.90 – 1.17)
Waist circumference
 < 102 cm 257 (15352) 129175 19.3 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 ≥ 102 cm 96 (4404) 34669 29.9 1.55 (1.22 – 1.96) 1.31 (1.02 – 1.68) 1.05 (0.81 – 1.36)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.20 (1.08 – 1.34) 1.10 (0.98 – 1.24) 0.94 (0.82 – 1.07)
%BF
 Low 103 (6439) 59042 18.8 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 Middle 121 (6462) 52821 22.1 1.18 (0.91 – 1.53) 1.10 (0.85 – 1.44) 0.92 (0.70 – 1.21)
 Upper 129 (6502) 49074 25.5 1.36 (1.04 – 1.76) 1.18 (0.90 – 1.55) 0.83 (0.62 – 1.12)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.18 (1.05 – 1.31) 1.10 (0.98 – 1.23) 0.92 (0.81 – 1.06)

BAI indicates body adiposity index; BMI indicates body mass index; SD indicates standard deviation; %BF indicates percentage body fat.

a

Per 10 000 man-years, adjusted for age and examination year.

b

Adjusted for age and examination year.

c

Adjusted for model 1 plus physical activity (active or inactive), smoking (current smoker or not), alcohol intake (> 14 units/week or not), abnormal electrocardiogram, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and diabetes (present or not for each), and parental history of CVD.

d

Adjusted for model 2 plus cardiorespiratory fitness (treadmill test duration in minutes).