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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Rev. 2011 Apr 27;12(9):680–687. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00879.x

Table 3. Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for the association between conventional risk factors and mortality outcomes.

All death CVD death
Age (per one SD increase) 3.84 (3.72-3.95) 4.79 (4.52-5.08)
Sex (women vs. men) 0.64 (0.61-0.67) 0.56 (0.52-0.62)
Systolic blood pressure (per one SD increase) 1.03 (1.01-1.06) 1.09 (1.04-1.14)
History of diabetes (yes vs. no) 1.79 (1.62-1.97) 2.27 (1.94 −2.66)
Total cholesterol (per one SD increase) 0.92 (0.89-0.95) 0.99 (0.93-1.05)
HDL-cholesterol (per one SD increase) 0.94 (0.90-0.99) 0.77 (0.71-0.84)
History of cardiovascular disease (yes vs. no) 1.65 (1.55-1.76) 2.44 (2.20-2.72)
Smoking (yes vs. no) 2.17 (2.06-2.30) 2.14 (1.93-2.37)
Socioeconomic status (Non-manual occupation [high] vs. manual [low]) 0.54 (0.47-0.62) 0.39 (0.29-0.52)

Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, sex and cohort except age (sex and cohort adjusted) and sex (age and cohort adjusted). CVD, cardiovascular disease