Table 2.

Association between BMI and all-cause mortality among Chinese Asians and Caucasian Americans^†

BMI categories	Chinese			Caucasians
	Events	HR‡	95% CI‡	Events	HR‡	95% CI‡
18.5 to <23.0 kg/m2	314	0.93	0.74, 1.16	246	1.11	0.93, 1.34
23.0 to <25.0 kg/m2	112	1.00		225	1.00
25.0 to <27.5 kg/m2	84	1.01	0.76, 1.34	306	0.94	0.79, 1.12
27.5 to <30.0 kg/m2	37	1.01	0.70, 1.47	270	1.13	0.95, 1.35
30.0 to <32.5 kg/m2	10	0.84	0.44, 1.60	193	1.35	1.11, 1.64

^†Adjusted for gender, centered age, centered age squared, field center, education, smoking status and alcohol consumption.

^‡HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.