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Table 7 Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between the different anthropometric measures and cancer 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

Cancer mortality

Men

Women

HR

95% CI

p-value

HR

95% CI

p-value

Body mass index

 1st quartile

1.33

1.02

1.73

0.037

0.93

0.62

1.39

0.715

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

0.86

0.67

1.12

0.270

0.85

0.62

1.19

0.347

 4th quartile

1.06

0.83

1.36

0.628

1.33

0.97

1.81

0.072

Body adiposity index

 1st quartile

1.08

0.79

1.47

0.627

1.20

0.79

1.83

0.395

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

0.93

0.71

1.20

0.564

1.14

0.81

1.61

0.445

 4th quartile

1.02

0.79

1.31

0.903

1.37

0.98

1.91

0.064

Waist circumference

 1st quartile

1.46

1.09

1.95

0.010

0.81

0.50

1.31

0.392

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

0.99

0.76

1.30

0.962

1.04

0.74

1.46

0.811

 4th quartile

1.24

0.97

1.58

0.088

1.73

1.26

2.36

0.001

Waist to hip ratio

 1st quartile

1.25

0.91

1.71

0.172

0.57

0.35

0.94

0.028

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

1.03

0.80

1.34

0.805

1.20

0.86

1.66

0.283

 4th quartile

1.25

0.98

1.60

0.076

1.39

1.02

1.91

0.039

Waist to height ratio

 1st quartile

1.74

1.26

2.39

0.001

0.96

0.59

1.54

0.851

 2nd quartile

1.00

   

1.00

   

 3rd quartile

1.14

0.87

1.48

0.336

1.03

0.73

1.45

0.876

 4th quartile

1.25

0.97

1.62

0.084

1.69

1.22

2.34

0.002

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