Table 3.

All-cause mortality rates per 10,000 person-years at risk with 95 % confidence interval and Hazard Ratios for all-cause mortality adjusted for age; n = 6 353; number of deaths = 579; follow-up on average 17 years

		All-cause mortality
Variable	Level	Rate	95 % CI	HR	95 % CI
Education
	Low	75	65–87	1.50	1.22–1.79
	Middle/High	47	43–52	1	Ref
Partnership status
	Married	47	43–52	1	Ref
	Single/divorced/widow	70	62–81	1.50	1.26–1.77
Fitness
	Poor	77	66–91	1.65	1.37–1.99
	Middle/Good	49	44–54	1	Ref
Smoking
	Non-smoker	43	38–49	1	Ref
	Former smoker	50	42–61	1.20	0.97–1.50
	Daily smoker	88	77–101	2.18	1.81–2.62
BMI
	Underweight	150	98–241	3.41	2.11–5.51
	Normal	47	42–54	1	Ref
	Overweight	52	46–60	1.06	0.88–1.27
	Obese	73	60–88	1.46	1.16–1.83
Alcohol consumption (g/day)
	None	73	64–84	1.61	1.34–1.92
	0.1–11.9	36	31–41	1	Ref
	≥12	65	53–80	1.59	1.25–2.01
Diabetes
	Yes	123	81–197	2.16	1.47–3.17
	No	53	48–57	1	Ref
Ischemic heart disease (before screening)	Yes	128	82–210	2.15	1.36–3.41
	No	43	39–47	1	Ref