Table 1 Mortality rate (per 10,000 person-years) by body mass index, age, and status of metabolic syndrome
| Â | Underweight | Low normal | Normal | Overweight | Obese1 | Obese2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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|  | No. of deaths | Person years (× 103) | Death rate | RR | No. of deaths | Person years (× 103) | Death rate | RR | No. of deaths | Person years (× 103) | Death rate | RR | No. of deaths | Person years (×103) | Death rate | RR | No. of deaths | Person years (× 103) | Death rate | RR | No. of deaths | Person years (× 103) | Death rate | RR |
Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 20–39 | 93 | 201.9 | 4.6 |  | 313 | 683.9 | 4.6 |  | 180 | 324.3 | 5.6 |  | 170 | 276.9 | 6.1 |  | 84 | 97.4 | 8.6 |  | 67 | 43.4 | 15.4 |  |
 40–49 | 37 | 18.7 | 19.8 |  | 215 | 159.4 | 13.5 |  | 205 | 143.3 | 14.3 |  | 267 | 162.5 | 16.4 |  | 127 | 62.0 | 20.4 |  | 68 | 23.4 | 29.1 |  |
 50–59 | 70 | 9.5 | 73.7 |  | 420 | 94.2 | 44.6 |  | 474 | 114.6 | 41.4 |  | 589 | 147.9 | 39.8 |  | 300 | 61.5 | 48.8 |  | 116 | 22.0 | 52.7 |  |
 60–69 | 165 | 8.7 | 189.7 |  | 729 | 59.7 | 122.1 |  | 741 | 69.2 | 107.1 |  | 916 | 91.0 | 100.7 |  | 408 | 36.8 | 100.9 |  | 157 | 12.7 | 123.6 |  |
  ≥ 70 | 222 | 4.5 | 493.3 |  | 715 | 20.4 | 350.5 |  | 560 | 20.2 | 277.2 |  | 702 | 26.6 | 263.9 |  | 292 | 10.5 | 278.1 |  | 98 | 3.4 | 288.2 |  |
With MetS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 20–39 | 4 | 0.8 | 50.0 | 11.6 (0.2–21.9) | 11 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 2.3 (0.9–3.6) | 15 | 19.2 | 7.8 | 1.5 (0.7–2.3) | 44 | 45.1 | 9.8 | 1.8 (1.3–2.4) | 37 | 36.5 | 10.1 | 1.5 (1.0–2.0) | 42 | 24.9 | 16.9 | 1.4 (1.0–1.9) |
 40–49 | 3 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 5.5 (0–12.8) | 25 | 7.2 | 34.7 | 2.8 (1.7–3.9) | 33 | 16.7 | 19.8 | 1.5 (1.0–2.0) | 91 | 43.2 | 21.1 | 1.6 (1.2–1.9) | 77 | 30.0 | 25.7 | 1.5 (1.2–1.8) | 45 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 1.4 (1.0–1.8) |
 50–59 | 3 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 1.5 (0–3.2) | 76 | 10.0 | 76.0 | 1.9 (1.5–2.4) | 138 | 24.7 | 55.9 | 1.6 (1.3–1.9) | 258 | 54.7 | 47.2 | 1.5 (1.3–1.6) | 196 | 35.5 | 55.2 | 1.5 (1.3–1.8) | 74 | 14.7 | 50.3 | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) |
 60–69 | 16 | 0.6 | 266.7 | 1.5 (0.8–2.3) | 166 | 10.6 | 156.6 | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | 266 | 21.3 | 124.9 | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | 478 | 44.4 | 107.7 | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) | 286 | 24.1 | 118.7 | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 119 | 9.4 | 126.6 | 1.3 (1.0–1.5) |
  ≥ 70 | 33 | 0.4 | 825.0 | 1.9 (1.4–2.8) | 219 | 4.9 | 446.9 | 1.5 (1.3–1.7) | 246 | 8.2 | 300.0 | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 416 | 14.9 | 279.2 | 1.3 (1.2–1.5) | 208 | 7.3 | 284.9 | 1.7 (1.4–1.9) | 75 | 2.5 | 300.0 | 0.9 (0.7–1.1) |
Without MetS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 20–39 | 86 | 198.4 | 4.3 |  | 289 | 653.1 | 4.4 |  | 150 | 288.4 | 5.2 |  | 112 | 211.8 | 5.3 |  | 35 | 52.7 | 6.6 |  | 18 | 15.2 | 11.8 |  |
 40–49 | 33 | 18.0 | 18.3 |  | 182 | 145.9 | 12.5 |  | 158 | 117.3 | 13.5 |  | 141 | 103.8 | 13.6 |  | 45 | 26.0 | 17.3 |  | 13 | 6.0 | 21.7 |  |
 50–59 | 60 | 8.8 | 68.2 |  | 313 | 78.7 | 39.8 |  | 281 | 80.3 | 35.0 |  | 255 | 79.0 | 32.3 |  | 72 | 20.1 | 35.8 |  | 29 | 5.1 | 56.9 |  |
 60–69 | 135 | 7.5 | 180.0 |  | 488 | 44.5 | 109.7 |  | 394 | 41.1 | 95.9 |  | 327 | 37.1 | 88.1 |  | 90 | 9.3 | 96.8 |  | 22 | 2.2 | 100.0 |  |
  ≥ 70 | 169 | 3.8 | 444.7 |  | 409 | 13.9 | 294.2 |  | 245 | 10.1 | 242.6 |  | 190 | 9.0 | 211.1 |  | 35 | 2.1 | 166.7 |  | 14 | 0.4 | 350.0 |  |