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Table 3 Gender-stratified relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals of mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, 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

Ages 40–64 y

        

Person-years

277,605

5,030

4,497

5,751

358,675

29,012

8,764

6,949

Cardiovascular Disease

445

18

12

18

223

31

7

12

   RR (95%CI)

1.0

1.46(0.91–2.35)

1.68(0.94–3.00)

3.15(1.90–5.22)

1.0

1.10(0.75–1.61)

0.93(0.43–2.02)

2.25(1.22–4.15)

Cancer

1,025

33

17

14

517

64

13

15

   RR (95%CI)

1.0

1.16(0.82–1.64)

1.20(0.74–1.95)

1.12(0.65–1.93)

1.0

1.09(0.84–1.42)

0.93(0.53–1.62)

1.39(0.82–2.36)

All Causes

2,058

77

54

51

1,019

126

31

45

   RR (95%CI)

1.0

1.40(1.11–1.76)

1.68(1.28–2.21)

1.82(1.36–2.43)

1.0

1.04(0.86–1.25)

1.06(0.73–1.52)

2.02(1.48–2.76)

Ages 65–79 y

        

Person-years

70,287

5,787

682

362

77,063

38,189

2,751

1,595

Cardiovascular Disease

713

103

10

7

447

318

15

9

   RR (95%CI)

1.0

1.43(1.16–1.77)

1.30(0.69–2.43)

2.14(1.00–4.56)

1.0

1.03(0.89–1.20)

0.91(0.54-1.53)

0.94(0.48–1.85)

Cancer

878

106

8

3

395

223

17

11

   RR (95%CI)

1.0

1.26(1.03–1.55)

0.79(0.39–1.59)

0.62(0.20–1.95)

1.0

0.92(0.78–1.09)

1.10(0.67-1.80)

1.09(0.59–2.01)

All Causes

2,409

305

34

23

1,238

817

46

32

   RR (95%CI)

1.0

1.27(1.12–1.43)

1.26(0.89–1.77)

1.84(1.21–2.79)

1.0

0.98(0.89–1.08)

0.99(0.73-1.33)

1.05(0.73–1.50)

  1. 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.