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Table 2 Gender-stratified relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals of mortality due to stroke, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease, external causes and all causes according to marital status.

From: Marital status and mortality among Japanese men and women: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

 

Men

Women

Marital Status

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Single

Married

Widowed

Divorced

Single

Stroke

514

56

7

8

319

161

14

6

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.55(1.17–2.05)

1.18(0.56–2.49)

2.25(1.12–4.53)

1.0

1.13(0.93–1.39)

1.39(0.81–2.37)

0.91(0.40–2.03)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.51(1.14–2.00)

1.13(0.53–2.39)

2.29(1.12–4.69)

1.0

1.10(0.90–1.35)

1.31(0.76–2.26)

0.87(0.38–1.97)

Coronary Heart Disease

254

27

6

7

120

69

4

3

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.70(1.14–2.55)

2.02(0.90–4.54)

3.49(1.64–7.42)

1.0

1.16(0.85–1.59)

1.03(0.38–2.80)

1.20(0.38–3.77)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.60(1.07–2.40)

1.73(0.76–3.90)

3.46(1.57–7.58)

1.0

1.14(0.83–1.56)

0.82(0.29–2.26)

1.07(0.33–3.46)

Cardiovascular Disease

1158

121

22

25

670

349

22

21

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.53(1.26–1.85)

1.64(1.07–2.50)

2.98(2.01–4.44)

1.0

1.10(0.96–1.26)

1.02(0.67–1.57)

1.51(0.98–2.33)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.46(1.20–1.77)

1.50(0.98–2.29)

2.95(1.96–4.45)

1.0

1.07(0.93–1.23)

0.95(0.62–1.46)

1.47(0.94–2.30)

Cancer

1903

139

25

17

912

287

30

26

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.27(1.07–1.51)

1.11(0.74–1.64)

1.02(0.63–1.65)

1.0

1.00(0.87–1.15)

1.13(0.78–1.62)

1.40(0.95–2.06)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.22(1.02–1.45)

1.01(0.68–1.50)

0.91(0.56–1.47)

1.0

0.96(0.84–1.11)

1.02(0.70–1.47)

1.25(0.84–1.87)

Respiratory disease

519

49

13

10

158

89

12

7

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.13(0.84–1.52)

2.16(1.25–3.75)

3.32(1.78–6.22)

1.0

0.97(0.74–1.27)

2.27(1.26–4.08)

2.07(0.97–4.41)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.05(0.78–1.41)

2.03(1.17–3.54)

2.36(1.24–4.51)

1.0

0.89(0.67–1.17)

2.12(1.17–3.85)

1.38(0.63–3.02)

External causes

342

25

11

8

184

55

2

7

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.64(1.08–2.47)

2.51(1.37–4.57)

2.01(0.99–4.07)

1.0

1.11(0.80–1.53)

0.38(0.10–1.54)

1.88(0.89–4.01)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.53(1.01–2.31)

2.27(1.24–4.17)

2.18(1.05–4.52)

1.0

1.10(0.79–1.52)

0.38(0.09–1.53)

1.66(0.76–3.61)

All causes

4467

382

88

74

2257

943

77

77

   RR (95%CI) *

1.0

1.37(1.23–1.53)

1.68(1.36–2.08)

2.08(1.65–2.62)

1.0

1.06(0.98–1.15)

1.11(0.89–1.40)

1.65(1.32–2.07)

   RR (95%CI) **

1.0

1.30(1.17–1.45)

1.49(1.21–1.85)

1.85(1.46–2.34)

1.0

1.02(0.94–1.11)

1.01(0.80–1.27)

1.46(1.15–1.84)

  1. *Adjusted for age.
  2. ** Adjusted for categories for multivariate adjustment were as follows: age, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol intake, education, minutes of walking, hours of doing sports, employment status, stress, having children, history of hypertension, and history of diabetes.