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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Jul 14;13(7):e009495. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009495

Table 4.

The adjusted hazard ratios for CHD, CVD, and all-cause mortality according to categories of BMI stratified by sex in 36,509 participants from the CAC consortium.

Categories of BMI* Model 1 Model 2
Women (n=12,555)

CHD Mortality

BMI <21 0.27 (0.06, 1.2) 0.26 (0.06, 1.1)
BMI 21-24.9 1.0 1.0
BMI 25-29.9 0.64 (0.32, 1.3) 0.69 (0.34, 1.4)
BMI ≥30 1.4 (0.73, 2.7) 1.6 (0.85, 3.2)

CVD Mortality

BMI <21 0.75 (0.42, 1.3) 0.73 (0.41, 1.3)
BMI 21-24.9 1.0 1.0
BMI 25-29.9 0.77 (0.51, 1.2) 0.80 (0.53, 1.2)
BMI ≥30 1.3 (0.85, 1.9) 1.4 (0.90, 2.1)

All-Cause Mortality

BMI <21 1.1 (0.84, 1.4) 1.1 (0.82, 1.4)
BMI 21-24.9 1.0 1.0
BMI 25-29.9 0.77 (0.62, 0.96) 0.79 (0.63, 0.98)
BMI ≥30 1.2 (0.94, 1.5) 1.2 (0.97, 1.5)

Men (n=23,954)

CHD Mortality

BMI <21 2.2 (1.2, 4.2) 2.4 (1.3, 4.5)
BMI 21-24.9 1.0 1.0
BMI 25-29.9 1.0 (0.78, 1.4) 1.1 (0.80, 1.4)
BMI ≥30 1.5 (1.1, 2.0) 1.5 (1.1, 2.1)

CVD Mortality

BMI <21 3.3 (1.6, 6.8) 3.3 (1.6, 6.8)
BMI 21-24.9 1.0 1.0
BMI 25-29.9 1.0 (0.70, 1.5) 1.1 (0.74, 1.6)
BMI ≥30 1.5 (1.01 , 2.3) 1.7 (1.1, 2.6)

All-Cause Mortality

BMI <21 1.9 (1.3, 2.8) 2.1 (1.5, 3.1)
BMI 21-24.9 1.0 1.0
BMI 25-29.9 1.01 (0.86, 1.2) 1.02 (0.87, 1.2)
BMI ≥30 1.3 (1.1, 1.6) 1.3 (1.1, 1.6)
*

BMI = Body Mass Index, CHD = Coronary Heart Disease, CVD = Cardiovascular Disease

Model 1 is adjusted for age and sex

Model 2 is adjusted for age, sex, scan site, smoking status, and family history.