Table 5. Adjusted* hazard ratios (HR) of mortality by the number of cardiovascular health factors.
| Sex | |||||||||
| Number of healthy levels of risk factors | Men | Women | Men and women | ||||||
| HR (95% CI) | Number of deaths/number at risk | P value | HR (95% CI) | Number of deaths/number at risk | P value | HR (95% CI) | Number of deaths/number at risk | P value | |
| All-cause mortality | |||||||||
| 0–1 | 1.04 (0.85–1.27) | 104/540 | 0.69 | 1.55 (1.08–2.22) | 29/223 | 0.018 | 1.14 (0.96–1.36) | 133/763 | 0.14 |
| 2 | 1.04 (0.87–1.25) | 175/804 | 0.67 | 1.12 (0.84–1.50) | 83/809 | 0.44 | 1.08 (0.93–1.26) | 258/1613 | 0.31 |
| 3–4 | 1.04 (0.87–1.24) | 195/894 | 0.70 | 0.98 (0.74–1.29) | 140/1370 | 0.89 | 1.03 (0.89–1.20) | 335/2264 | 0.66 |
| 5–6 | 0.89 (0.60–1.32) | 15/72 | 0.56 | 0.59 (0.30–1.15) | 5/177 | 0.12 | 0.78 (0.56–1.10) | 20/249 | 0.15 |
| CVD mortality | |||||||||
| 0–1 | 1.50 (0.99–2.27) | 50/540 | 0.054 | 1.61 (0.83–3.11) | 12/223 | 0.16 | 1.50 (1.06–2.12) | 62/763 | 0.023 |
| 2 | 1.50 (1.02–2.23) | 86/804 | 0.042 | 1.29 (0.73–2.27) | 38/809 | 0.39 | 1.42 (1.03–1.96) | 124/1613 | 0.032 |
| 3–4 | 1.30 (0.88–1.92) | 82/894 | 0.19 | 1.28 (0.74–2.22) | 74/1370 | 0.37 | 1.33 (0.97–1.83) | 156/2264 | 0.08 |
| 5–6 | 0.34 (0.12–0.97) | 2/72 | 0.044 | 0.38 (0.09–1.67) | 1/177 | 0.20 | 0.35 (0.15–0.83) | 3/249 | 0.017 |
| CHD mortality | |||||||||
| 0–1 | 1.20 (0.93–1.55) | 36/540 | 0.17 | 1.38 (0.84–2.29) | 8/223 | 0.21 | 1.35 (1.07–1.69) | 44/763 | |
| 2 | 0.88 (0.69–1.12) | 45/804 | 0.29 | 0.83 (0.55–1.24) | 18/809 | 0.36 | 0.85 (0.69–1.04) | 63/1613 | 0.12 |
| 3–4 | 0.95 (0.75–1.20) | 53/894 | 0.67 | 0.87 (0.61–1.25) | 38/1370 | 0.46 | 0.88 (0.72–1.06) | 91/2264 | 0.17 |
| 5–6 | – | 0/72 | – | – | 0/177 | – | – | 0/249 | – |
* - adjusted for age, education, alcohol intake frequency, study survey year, and sex (in the models among men and women in one model). CI – confidence interval, CHD – coronary heart disease, CVD – cardiovascular.