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. 2015 Oct 13;7(10):8444–8455. doi: 10.3390/nu7105405

Table 2.

Association between baseline BMI categories and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Variable Univariate Multivariate *
HR (95% CI) p Value HR (95% CI) p Value
All-cause mortality
Underweight 0.75 (0.46–1.22) 0.246 0.61 (0.30–1.25) 0.178
Normal weight 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
Overweight 1.33 (0.90–1.97) 0.153 0.99 (0.61–1.59) 0.949
Obesity 1.57 (1.03–2.39) 0.038 1.54 (0.94–2.52) 0.085
Cardiovascular mortality
Underweight 0.81 (0.44–1.52) 0.516 0.79 (0.35–1.81) 0.582
Normal weight 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
Overweight 1.03 (0.57–1.79) 0.973 0.78 (0.41–1.49) 0.437
Obesity 2.07 (1.26–3.40) 0.004 2.01 (1.14–3.54) 0.016

Abbreviations and definitions as listed in Table 1. HR: hazard ratio. * adjusted for age, gender, diabetes, CVD, MAP, hemoglobin, albumin, TC, TG, Hs-CRP, rGFR, Kt/Vurea.