Table 2.

Cox proportional hazards regression for associations of obesity, metabolic health and mortality, with referent healthy non-obese group defined by status in 2004–2005 only (n = 5427).

		HR (95% CI)
Baseline metabolic health/obesity status	Number of deaths/total n	Model 1	Model 2
All deaths
Healthy non-obese	262/2503	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Unhealthy non-obese	215/1364	1.35 (1.12, 1.61)	1.22 (1.01, 1.45)
Healthy obese	52/514	1.20 (0.89, 1.62)	1.14 (0.83, 1.52)
Unhealthy obese	142/1046	1.51 (1.23, 1.86)	1.29 (1.05, 1.60)
CVD deaths
Healthy non-obese	62/2503	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Unhealthy non-obese	54/1364	1.43 (1.00, 2.06)	1.29 (0.89, 1.87)
Healthy obese	9/514	0.98 (0.49, 1.97)	0.92 (0.45, 1.86)
Unhealthy obese	38/1046	1.91 (1.27, 2.88)	1.57 (1.03, 2.40)

Model 1 adjusted for age and sex. Model 2 adjusted for age, sex, wealth, physical activity, smoking, depressive symptoms, chronic illness.