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. 2016 Jul 22;6:30329. doi: 10.1038/srep30329

Table 2. Mortality according to body mass index and metabolic health status.

  MHNO MUNO MHO MUO
Person-year 1366032 454731 421845 335448
All-cause mortality
 n (%) 2861 (1.66) 3010 (5.37) 733 (1.38) 1182 (2.87)
 Mortality rate/1000 person-year 2.09 6.62 1.74 3.52
 Model 1 1 (ref) 1.29 (1.23, 1.36) 0.79 (0.73, 0.85) 0.96 (0.90, 1.03)
 Model 2 1 (ref) 1.28 (1.21, 1.35) 0.81 (0.74, 0.88) 0.98 (0.91, 1.06)
Cardiovascular mortality
 n (%) 361 (0.21) 597 (1.07) 78 (0.15) 242 (0.59)
 Mortality rate/1000 person-year 0.26 1.31 0.19 0.72
 Model 1 1 (ref) 1.87 (1.63, 2.13) 0.69 (0.54, 0.89) 1.53 (1.30, 1.80)
 Model 2 1 (ref) 1.88 (1.63, 2.16) 0.73 (0.57, 0.95) 1.59 (1.33, 1.88)
Cancer mortality
 n (%) 1233 (0.71) 1112 (1.98) 343 (0.64) 476 (1.16)
 Mortality rate/1000 person-year 0.90 2.45 0.81 1.42
 Model 1 1 (ref) 1.12 (1.03, 1.22) 0.85 (0.75, 0.96) 0.90 (0.81, 1.00)
 Model 2 1 (ref) 1.12 (1.02, 1.22) 0.88 (0.77, 0.99) 0.90 (0.81, 1.01)
Other-cause mortality
 n (%) 1267 (0.73) 1301 (2.32) 312 (0.59) 464 (1.13)
 Mortality rate/1000 person-year 0.93 2.86 0.74 1.38
 Model 1 1 (ref) 1.29 (1.19, 1.40) 0.75 (0.66, 0.85) 0.86 (0.77, 0.95)
 Model 2 1 (ref) 1.26 (1.16, 1.37) 0.76 (0.66, 0.86) 0.89 (0.79, 0.99)

Abbreviations: MHNO, metabolically healthy non-obese; MHO, metabolically healthy obese; MUNO, metabolically unhealthy non-obese; MUO, metabolically unhealthy obese.

Data are expressed as the HR (95% confidence interval).

Model 1: Adjusted for age and sex.

Model 2: Adjusted for Model 1 + smoking, alcohol drinking, exercise, and income.