Table 2.

Cox regression analyses for the association of iron deficiency and all-cause mortality

	Functional iron deficiency		Absolute iron deficiency
	Hazard ratio	p value	Hazard ratio	p value
All individuals	1.29 (1.04, 1.62)	0.02	1.89 (1.26, 2.82)	< 0.01
Only men	1.30 (0.99, 1.70)	0.06	1.97 (1.10, 3.53)	0.02
Only women	1.34 (0.90, 2.00)	0.15	1.77 (1.00, 3.14)	< 0.01

Cox regression models were adjusted for age, sex, hemoglobin, diabetes, hypertension, current smoking, obesity, dyslipidemia and family history of myocardial infarction/stroke