Table 2.

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) of all-cause mortality.

	Model 1	p for trend	Model 2	p for trend	Model 3	p for trend	Model 4	p for trend
LDL-C		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		0.011
<2.61 mmol/L	1.70 (1.28–2.25)*		1.67 (1.26–2.21)*		1.57 (1.17–2.11)*		1.46 (1.07–2.00)*
2.61–3.09 mmol/L	1.30 (0.97–1.75)		1.28 (0.95–1.73)		1.20 (0.88–1.64)		1.17 (0.84–1.62)
3.10–3.50 mmol/L	1.20 (0.89–1.61)		1.14 (0.85–1.54)		1.18 (0.87–1.61)		1.12 (0.81–1.55)
3.51–4.09 mmol/L	1.05 (0.77–1.43)		1.02 (0.75–1.39)		0.96 (0.69–1.33)		0.95 (0.67–1.35)
≥4.10 mmol/L	1		1		1		1
HDL-C		0.732		0.878		0.494		0.426
<1.09 mmol/L	1.48 (1.11–1.98)*		1.46 (1.09–1.95)*		1.57 (1.15–2.15)*		1.55 (1.11–2.16)*
1.09–1.20 mmol/L	1.04 (0.77–1.41)		1.05 (0.77–1.42)		1.11 (0.81–1.54)		1.19 (0.84–1.67)
1.21–1.39 mmol/L	1		1		1		1
1.40–1.60 mmol/L	1.20 (0.89–1.61)		1.21 (0.89–1.63)		1.27 (0.92–1.74)		1.37 (0.98–1.92)
≥1.61 mmol/L	1.41 (1.05–1.91)*		1.45 (1.07–1.96)*		1.45 (1.04–2.01)*		1.42 (1.00–2.02)*

Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, educational years, low family income, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, tea-drinking, physical activity, and obesity.

Model 2 further adjusted for hypertension, type II diabetes, stroke, heart diseases, cancer, and depression.

Model 3 excluded those who died within 2 years of initial cholesterol measurement (n = 60) on the basis of model 2.

Model 4 excluded those who were functionally impaired (n = 212) on the basis of model 2.

LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^*p < 0.05.