HRs are stratified by region and age at recruitment and adjusted for age (underlying time variable), Townsend deprivation score, racial/ethnic group, height, lives with a wife or partner, BMI, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and diabetes.
HRs per 1 SD increase are adjusted for regression dilution bias.
Abbreviations: BMI=body mass index; CI=confidence intervals; HR=hazard ratio; IQR=interquartile range; SD=standard deviation.