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Fig. 4

From: Body-mass index, blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba: prospective study of 146,556 participants

Fig. 4

Vascular mortality vs usual BMI at ages 35–79 years in Cuba, with further adjustment for diabetes and usual systolic blood pressure (SBP). Rate ratios (RR) adjusted for age, sex, education, province, smoking, and alcohol, with further adjustment for diabetes and usual SBP when indicated. Analyses omitted the first 5 years of follow up. Exclusions as in Table 1. For each BMI category, area of the square is inversely proportional to the variance of the category−specific log risk, which also determines the confidence interval (CI). *Excludes lowest category of BMI

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