Table 4. Hazard ratios according to cigarette-years in men.
| Person-years | No of aases | Age-adjusted | Multivariate* | |
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| Hazard ratio (95% CI) | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | |||
| Non-smoker | 89289 | 87 | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Past smoker | 110972 | 164 | 1.22 (0.95 - 1.57) | 1.23 (0.96 - 1.59) |
| Cigarette-years | ||||
| 1 - 399 | 32443 | 30 | 1.36 (0.90 - 2.05) | 1.38 (0.91 - 2.08) |
| 400 - 799 | 107185 | 114 | 1.35 (1.03 - 1.77) | 1.36 (1.04 - 1.79) |
| 800+ | 74075 | 116 | 1.33 (1.01 - 1.74) | 1.31 (1.00 - 1.72) |
* : Models included age, smoking, alcohol consumption, educational level, preference for salty foods and green-tea consumption.
CI : confidence interval.