All-cause mortality and risk factors in a cohort of retired military male veterans, Xi'an, China: an 18-year follow up study

Table 3 Hazard Ratios and 95% CI for risk factor for all cause mortality

Risk Factor	Crude HR¹	95% CI	Adjusted HR²	95% CI	P
age(year)	1.091	1.074–1.109	1.083	1.062–1.104	<0.001
systolic blood pressure(mmHg)	1.012	1.007–1.016	1.009	1.003–1.015	0.003
triglycerides(mg/dl)	1.002	1.001–1.003	1.002	1.001–1.003	0.009
Smoking status
cigarettes per day(number)	1.023	1.015–1.032	1.026	1.013–1.039	<0.001
duration of smoking(year)	1.012	1.006–1.017	1.005	0.997–1.013	0.218
age of starting smoking(year)	1.003	0.996–1.011	0.988	0.978–0.999	0.028
exercise(yes/no)	0.920	0.888–0.953	0.922	0.739–1.152	0.476
BMI(kg/m²)	0.986	0.957–1.015	0.963	0.931–0.996	0.026
negative affairs(yes/no)	1.471	1.172–1.845	1.173	0.927–1.483	0.183
family history(yes/no)
hypertension	1.455	1.122–1.886	1.330	1.005–1.759	0.046
stroke	1.455	1.122–1.886	1.330	1.005–1.759	0.046
cancer	1.282	1.000–1.644	1.444	1.103–1.890	0.007
Existing disease(yes/no)
cancer	3.596	2.150–6.015	2.079	1.051–4.115	0.036
stroke	2.235	1.288–3.878	2.237	1.244–4.022	0.007
diabetes	1.909	1.405–2.595	1.462	1.042–2.051	0.028
CHD	1.425	1.182–1.719	0.941	0.750–1.179	0.596
hypertension	1.406	1.155–1.712	1.025	0.790–1.329	0.853
COPD	1.409	1.156–1.717	1.087	0.871–1.357	0.460
cerebral arteriosclerosis	1.391	1.093–1.769	1.126	0.864–1.467	0.380

1: crude hazard ratio; 2: adjusted hazard ratio (adjusted for age, systolic blood pressure, triglycerides, cigarettes per day, duration of smoking, age of starting smoking, exercise, BMI, negative affairs, family history of diseases including hypertension, stroke and cancer, and existing all kinds of diseases at baseline)

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