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Table 3 Association of baseline exposure with mortality due to cerebrovascular disease for the total sample and by gender

From: A prospective cohort study of stroke mortality and arsenic in drinking water in Bangladeshi adults

Baseline exposure (μg/L)

Deaths, No

Person-Years, No

Rate*

HR (95% CI)

Ptrend

    

 Unadjusted

 Adjusted**

 

Male

      

<10

36

15986

2.3

1.0

1.0

0.45

10-49

196

63824

3.1

1.37 (0.96- 1.95)

1.12 (0.78- 1.60)

+50

271

17601

3.6

1.30 (0.92- 1.84)

1.07 (0.75- 1.51)

Female

      

<10

26

22212

1.2

1.0

1.0

0.00004

10-49

179

92538

1.9

1.65 (1.09- 2.49)

1.31 (0.87- 1.98)

+50

325

24978

2.6

2.06 (1.38- 3.07)

1.72 (1.15- 2.57)

Total

      

<10

62

38198

1.6

1.0

1.0

0.00058

10-49

375

156362

2.4

1.48 (1.13- 1.93)

1.20 (0.92- 1.57)

+50

596

42579

3.0

1.62 (1.24- 2.10)

1.35 (1.04- 1.75)

 
  1. *Crude death rate per 1000 person-years, **HR was adjusted with age, sex, education attainment and SES.