TABLE 2.

All-cause mortality of the study population according to the quartiles of BMR.

Characteristics	Total subjects	Quartiles of BMR (kJ/day)				P-value
		Q1 [787, 1,115]	Q2 [1,116, 1,219]	Q3 [1,220, 1,367]	Q4 [1,368, 1,789]
Median follow-up time, years	5.60 (5.29–5.73)	5.62 (5.32–5.73)	5.61 (5.29–5.74)	5.60 (5.28–5.73)	5.58 (5.28–5.68)	0.541
All-cause mortality, n(%)	809 (6.68%)	245 (8.14%)	197 (6.47%)	213 (7.06%)	154 (5.06%)	<0.001
Cause of death, n(%)						0.318
Stroke	130 (16.07%)	38 (15.51%)	37 (18.78%)	33 (15.49%)	22 (14.29%)
Cardiovascular disease	242 (29.91%)	78 (31.84%)	58 (29.44%)	66 (30.99%)	40 (25.97%)
Malignant tumor	72 (8.90%)	17 (6.94%)	17 (8.63%)	21 (9.86%)	17 (11.04%)
Respiratory failure	111 (13.72%)	29 (11.84%)	25 (12.69%)	33 (15.49%)	24 (15.58%)
Others	134 (16.56%)	36 (14.69%)	29 (14.72%)	34 (15.96%)	35 (22.73%)
Unknown	120 (14.83%)	47 (19.18%)	31 (15.74%)	26 (12.21%)	16 (10.39%)