Table 5 Hazard ratios (HR) and confidence intervals (CI) for the association between the different anthropometric measures and total mortality for men and women by quartiles; the second quartile was set as the reference category

1.18

1.00

1.38

0.044

1.12

0.88

1.43

0.347

1.00

1.00

0.91

0.79

1.06

0.213

1.00

0.83

1.21

0.988

1.21

1.06

1.39

0.007

1.29

1.07

1.56

0.007

1.12

0.93

1.34

0.250

1.09

0.84

1.42

0.520

1.00

1.00

1.02

0.87

1.19

0.822

1.00

0.82

1.21

0.987

1.23

1.06

1.42

0.006

1.18

0.98

1.43

0.085

1.15

0.97

1.37

0.118

0.98

0.74

1.31

0.904

1.00

1.00

0.99

0.85

1.15

0.909

1.22

1.01

1.49

0.043

1.28

1.12

1.47

<.0001

1.63

1.35

1.97

<.0001

1.04

0.85

1.26

0.717

0.68

0.50

0.93

0.015

1.00

1.00

1.12

0.97

1.30

0.119

1.29

1.05

1.58

0.014

1.35

1.17

1.55

<.0001

1.63

1.35

1.97

<.0001

1.34

1.10

1.64

0.004

1.03

0.76

1.40

0.846

1.00

1.00

1.16

1.00

1.35

0.054

1.20

0.98

1.47

0.079

1.46

1.27

1.69

<.0001

1.61

1.32

1.95

<.0001