Table 2.

Relationships between Baseline Risk Factors and Mortality from Disease of the Circulatory System

		Disease of the circulatory system		Heart disease		Cerebrovascular disease
Risk Factors	Follow-up Person-years	N of Deaths	Age and Sex Adjusted HR	N of Deaths	Age and Sex Adjusted HR	N of Deaths	Age and Sex Adjusted HR
Body Mass Index
<18.5	28768.09	83	1.02 (0.73-1.43)	36	0.91 (0.56-1.47)	44	0.72 (0.39-1.31)
18.5-22	28926.07	58	1.00	30	1.00	25	1.00
>22	15379.07	44	1.34 (0.90-1.98)	30	1.79 (1.08-2.97)	13	0.90 (0.46-1.75)
Education (years)1
0 years	32214.23	84	1.00	43	1.00	38	1.00
1-5 years	21758.49	44	0.85 (0.59-1.22)	23	0.85 (0.51-1.41)	19	0.83 (0.48-1.44)
5+ years	19067.65	57	1.20 (0.87-1.70)	30	1.23 (0.76-1.98)	25	1.23 (0.73-2.05)
Systolic Blood Pressure2
<140 mmHg	67510.56	123	1.00	75	1.00	41	1.00
>140 mmHg	5251.32	61	3.21 (2.33-4.42)	21	2.04 (1.24-3.38)	40	5.55 (3.01-8.77)
Diastolic Blood Pressure3
<90 mmHg	66910.57	144	1.00	85	1.00	53	1.00
>90 mmHg	5819.27	41	2.56 (1.81-3.63)	11	1.23 (0.65-2.30)	29	4,64 (2.95-7.31)
Smoking
Never	47389.05	48	1.00	26	1.00	20	1.00
Past	4643.23	28	1.14 (0.65-1.98)	11	1.24 (0.54-2.84)	13	0.93 (0.41-2.12)
Current	21040.97	109	1.73 (1.10-2.71)	59	2.30 (1.22-4.35)	49	1.59 (0.81-3.11)

¹n=5 missing education

²n=46 missing systolic blood pressure

³n=51 missing diastolic blood pressure