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Table 3 Cox Proportional Hazard Ratios and 95% CI (in parenthesis) for survival time among older Thais in NHES III after 4 years of follow-up, 2004-2007

From: Obesity and mortality among older Thais: a four year follow up study

  

Males

  

Females

 

Variables

Unadjusted Model

Adjusted Modela

Adjusted Model with Excluding Current Smoking & drinkinga

Unadjusted Model

Adjusted Modela

Adjusted Model with Excluding Current Smoking & drinkinga

 

(n = 7742)

(n = 7742)

(n = 4928)

(n = 8255)

(n = 8255)

(n = 7805)

Age (yr) in 2004 (Ref: 60-69)

      

   70-79

1.87 (1.62-2.16)

1.69 (1.46-1.95)

1.61 (1.33-1.93)

2.07 (1.74-2.46)

1.82 (1.52-2.18)

1.89 (1.57-2.27)

   80+

4.31 (3.58-5.19)

3.42 (2.79-4.18)

3.61 (2.83-4.62)

5.07 (4.07-6.33)

3.95 (3.09-5.06)

4.06 (3.15-5.23)

BMI (kg/m2) (Ref: 18.5-22.9)

      

   < 18.5

1.48 (1.26-1.74)

1.34 (1.14-1.58)

1.71 (1.37-2.11)

1.39 (1.13-1.72)

1.29 (1.04-1.60)

1.33 (1.06-1.67)

   23.0-24.9

0.78 (0.64-0.95)

0.79 (0.65-0.97)

0.78 (0.61-0.99)

0.70 (0.55-0.89)

0.70 (0.55-0,90)

0.71 (0.55-0.91)

   25.0-27.4

0.80 (0.65-0.99)

0.81 (0.65-1.00)

0.79 (0.61-1.03)

0.77 (0.60-0.97)

0.79 (0.62-1.01)

0.80 (0.62-1.02)

   27.5-29.9

0.67 (0.48-0.93)

0.67 (0.48-0.94)

0.63 (0.43-0.94)

0.56 (0.40-0.78)

0.57 (0.41-0.81)

0.58 (0.41-0.82)

   30.0-34.9

0.56 (0.33-0.95)

0.60 (0.35-1.03)

0.61 (0.34-1.09)

0.54 (0.37-0.81)

0.58 (0.39-0.87)

0.60 (0.40-0.90)

   ≥ 35.0

1.96 (0.81-4.73)

1.87 (0.77-4.56)

2.02 (0.74-5.52)

0.82 (0.41-1.66)

0.78 (0.38-1.59)

0.71 (0.22-1.51)

  1. a Adjusted for marital status, urban/rural, education, living arrangement, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and physical activity.