Table 2.

Predictors of CVD mortality, using competing risks models.

Variables	Univariate Analysis			Multivariate Analysis
	HR	95%CI	p value	HR	95%CI	p value
Gender (male)	0.530	0.732–1.171	0.530	-	-	-
Height	0.989	0.976–1.011	0.120	1.006	0.989–1.023	0.491
Depression (normal)	0.977	0.756–1.262	0.150	1.102	0.800–1.518	0.546
Smoking (no-smoke)	0.908	0.966–1.887	0.861	-	-	-
Drink (no-drink)	1.270	0.942–1.723	0.122	1.215	0.876–1.686	0.238
Sad-event (experienced)	0.887	0.693–1.141	0.341	-	-	-
Exercise (always)	0.996	0.783–1.274	0.983	-	-	-
BADL (can take care)	0.915	0.465–1.798	0.824	-	-	-
IADL (can take care)	1.540	1.231–1.990	<0.001	1.172	0.860–1.596	0.320
Marital status ( have a spouse)	1.370	1.073–1.754	0.011	0.998	0.730–1.336	0.939
Assessment of health (normal)	1.340	1.011–1.790	0.043	1.141	0.831–1.568	0.410
Blood lipid (normal)	0.932	0.707–1.232	0.621	-	-	-
Diabetes (normal)	1.290	0.954–1.741	0.100	1.332	0.972–1.823	0.074
Age-group (55–65)
66–75	1.122	0.883–1.431	0.341	1.511	1.111–2.055	0.008
≥76	1.692	1.321–2.164	<0.001	1.847	1.256–2.717	0.002
Blood-pressure (normal)
Sbp > 120 or dbp > 80	0.577	0.374–0.889	0.013	0.799	0.488–1.308	0.370
Sbp ≥ 140 or dbp ≥ 90	1.620	1.260–2.133	<0.001	1.407	1.031–1.920	0.032
Education level (graduate)
high school diploma	1.150	0.675–1.960	0.610	1.519	0.715–3.228	0.280
Junior diploma	0.748	0.468–1.191	0.220	1.102	0.535–2.267	0.769
primary school	0.745	0.564–0.984	0.038	1.129	0.603–2.113	0.701
Illiterate	1.450	1.141–1.840	<0.001	1.525	0.815–2.853	0.189
Body-mass-index (normal)
thin	1.180	0.888–1.580	0.250	1.074	0.783–1.471	0.660
overweight	0.630	0.421–0.942	0.025	0.673	0.439–1.031	0.069
obesity	0.969	0.678–1.390	0.870	0.965	0.652–1.428	0.861
Area (rural)
suburban	0.728	0.544–0.974	0.033	0.614	0.410–0.921	0.018
urban	1.080	0.851–1.379	0.520	1.080	0.707–1.651	0.720
Diet (intermediate-type diets)
sufficient nutrients	0.852	0.662–1.104	0.210	0.954	0.694–1.312	0.768
meat based diets	1.460	1.093–1.949	0.012	1.559	1.079–2.254	0.018