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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 5.

Mortality rates and hazard ratios for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.

Deaths (n) Man-years Mortality
rate a
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Model 1b Model 2c Model 3d
BAI
 Low 23 (6473) 56716 4.5 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 Middle 40 (6505) 54812 6.5 1.44 (0.86 – 2.41) 1.32 (0.79 – 2.22) 1.17 (0.69 – 1.96)
 Upper 38 (6526) 50262 7.9 1.73 (1.03 – 2.91) 1.40 (0.82 – 2.38) 1.02 (0.59 – 1.78)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.20 (0.99 – 1.47) 1.08 (0.88 – 1.34) 0.92 (0.73 – 1.15)
BMI
 18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2 34 (6353) 59045 4.5 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 25.0 - 29.9 kg/m2 50 (9598) 77294 6.6 1.48 (0.95 – 2.30) 1.28 (0.81 – 2.00) 1.04 (0.65 – 1.64)
 ≥ 30.0 kg/m2 17 (3553) 25452 9.2 2.06 (1.13 – 3.77) 1.42 (0.76 – 2.67) 0.89 (0.46 – 1.75)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.49 (1.22 – 1.81) 1.29 (1.05 – 1.59) 1.08 (0.85 – 1.36)
Waist circumference
 < 102 cm 69 (15164) 127605 5.2 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 ≥ 102 cm 32 (4340) 34185 10.1 1.94 (1.27 – 2.97) 1.50 (0.96 – 2.33) 1.10 (0.69 – 1.76)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.42 (1.16 – 1.73) 1.25 (1.01 – 1.54) 1.02 (0.80 – 1.29)
%BF
 Low 26 (6439) 59051 4.9 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent) 1.00 (Referent)
 Middle 31 (6462) 52869 5.7 1.18 (0.70 – 1.99) 1.04 (0.61 – 1.76) 0.82 (0.48 – 1.41)
 Upper 44 (6502) 49047 8.5 1.75 (1.07 – 2.85) 1.46 (0.88 – 2.42) 0.91 (0.52 – 1.60)
 Per 1 SD increase 1.24 (1.002 – 1.52) 1.12 (0.90 – 1.39) 0.87 (0.68 – 1.12)

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).