Table 4. Hazard Ratios (95% Confidence Interval) for all-cause mortality in relation to change in body size by age group at baseline.

			< 55 years				≥ 55 years
	Deaths (Person-years)	HRa	95% CI	p-value	Deaths (Person-years)	HRa	95% CI	p-value
Change in waist circumference (cm)
(−14.5 to 1.0]	57 (17 258)	1.10	[0.75, 1.62]	0.620	381 (16 890)	1.31	[1.12, 1.54]	0.001
(1.0 to 5.0]	49 (17 841)	1.00	-	-	252 (16 139)	1.00	-	-
(5.0 to 8.5]	53 (17 936)	1.12	[0.76, 1.65]	0.583	204 (13 820)	0.95	[0.79, 1.14]	0.584
(8.5 to 13.0]	53 (20 170)	0.97	[0.65, 1.43]	0.865	207 (14 246)	0.98	[0.81, 1.18]	0.821
(13.0 to 32.5]	51 (19 849)	0.94	[0.63, 1.40]	0.762	158 (10 889)	1.06	[0.87, 1.30]	0.549
Change in weight (kg)
(−17.8 to −2.3]	54 (11 786)	1.30	[0.88, 1.92]	0.189	541 (20 046)	1.92	[1.61, 2.30]	< 0.001
(−2.3 to 0.7]	48 (16 396)	1.05	[0.71, 1.56]	0.816	255 (17 282)	1.22	[1.00, 1.48]	0.053
(0.7 to 3.3]	51 (19 020)	1.00	-	-	161 (14 213)	1.00	-	-
(3.3 to 6.6]	57 (21 267)	0.99	[0.68, 1.45]	0.961	144 (11 957)	1.09	[0.87, 1.37]	0.438
(6.6 to 24.6]	53 (24 584)	0.73	[0.50, 1.08]	0.115	101 (8485)	1.16	[0.90, 1.49]	0.257
Change in hips circumference (cm)
(−15.0 to −1.2]	60 (16 264)	1.44	[0.96, 2.13]	0.075	363 (16 672)	1.33	[1.13, 1.58]	0.001
(−1.2 to 1.8]	66 (18 017)	1.63	[1.11, 2.39]	0.013	251 (15 053)	0.98	[0.82, 1.18]	0.851
(1.8 to 4.5]	43 (19 558)	1.00	-	-	227 (14 781)	1.00	-	-
(4.5 to 8.0]	45 (19 731)	1.04	[0.68, 1.57]	0.871	202 (13 496)	0.95	[0.79, 1.15]	0.608
(8.0 to 25.8]	49 (19 484)	1.12	[0.74, 1.70]	0.579	159 (11 981)	0.93	[0.76, 1.14]	0.477

^aEstimates adjusted for sex, country of birth, quintile of socioeconomic status, body size at baseline, cumulative smoking status, and the following covariates measured at baseline and wave 2: physical activity, Mediterranean diet score and living alone.