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Table 6 Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between the different anthropometric measures and cardiovascular mortality for men and women; the second quartile was set as the reference category

From: New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study

Cardiovascular mortality

Men

Women

HR

95% CI

p-value

HR

95% CI

p-value

Body mass index

 1st quartile

0.94

0.72

1.22

0.627

1.34

0.91

1.97

0.133

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

0.92

0.74

1.16

0.493

1.16

0.86

1.56

0.339

 4th quartile

1.30

1.06

1.61

0.013

1.46

1.09

1.97

0.012

Body adiposity index

 1st quartile

1.17

0.85

1.60

0.338

0.72

0.46

1.15

0.167

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

1.29

1.01

1.66

0.043

0.83

0.62

1.12

0.227

 4th quartile

1.54

1.22

1.96

<.0001

1.14

0.86

1.51

0.365

Waist circumference

 1st quartile

0.80

0.60

1.08

0.144

1.02

0.64

1.62

0.937

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

0.97

0.77

1.21

0.778

1.36

1.01

1.85

0.045

 4th quartile

1.28

1.04

1.57

0.018

1.70

1.27

2.28

<.0001

Waist to hip ratio

 1st quartile

0.86

0.63

1.18

0.348

0.79

0.50

1.25

0.309

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

1.05

0.84

1.31

0.693

1.20

0.88

1.65

0.249

 4th quartile

1.33

1.07

1.64

0.009

1.66

1.24

2.22

0.009

Waist to height ratio

 1st quartile

0.87

0.61

1.25

0.460

0.82

0.48

1.41

0.476

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

1.14

0.90

1.44

0.280

1.23

0.90

1.68

0.196

 4th quartile

1.56

1.25

1.94

<.0001

1.62

1.20

2.19

0.002

  1. Values are adjusted for age, survey, education level, alcohol intake, smoking status, physical activity, and time/smoking status interaction