Table 3 All-cause mortality: Odds ratios from Gompertz parametric models with waist circumference or body mass index as main predictor

Waist circumference

1.008

p < 0.001

***

Body Mass Index (BMI)

1.031

p < 0.001

***

Male

1.346

p < 0.001

***

Male

1.378

p < 0.001

***

Complete primary

1.119

0.046

**

Complete primary

1.095

0.090

Former smoker^a

0.997

0.512

Former smoker^a

1.015

0.429

Passive smoker

0.909

0.842

Passive smoker

0.887

0.892

Current smoker

1.704

p < 0.001

***

Current smoker

1.808

p < 0.001

***

Former drinker^b

0.881

0.905

Former drinker^b

0.872

0.917

Occasional drinker

0.803

0.988

Occasional drinker

0.788

0.991

Current drinker

0.899

0.691

Current drinker

0.862

0.748

Hypertension

1.090

0.103

Hypertension

1.089

0.114

Cholesterol

0.975

0.638

Cholesterol

0.959

0.716

Diabetes

1.444

p < 0.001

***

Diabetes

1.423

p < 0.001

***

Cancer

1.082

0.257

Cancer

1.043

0.371

Myocardial infarction

1.511

p < 0.001

***

Myocardial infarction

1.443

0.002

**

Ischemic heart disease (no infarction)

1.087

0.182

Ischemic heart disease (no infarction)

1.111

0.127

Stroke

1.332

0.017

**

Stroke

1.147

0.186

Fracture in the last 6 months

0.858

0.960

Fracture in the last 6 months

0.831

0.978