Table 4 Cardiovascular mortality: Odds ratios from Gompertz parametric models with waist circumference and body mass index as main predictor

Waist circumference

1.005

0.134

Body Mass Index (BMI)

1.026

0.021

**

Male

1.331

0.032

**

Male

1.414

0.016

**

Complete primary

1.086

0.243

Complete primary

0.967

0.604

Former smoker^a

1.033

0.413

Former smoker^a

0.989

0.527

Passive smoker

0.924

0.684

Passive smoker

0.898

0.738

Current smoker

2.147

p < 0.001

***

Current smoker

2.334

p < 0.001

***

Former drinker^b

0.983

0.538

Former drinkerb

0.919

0.685

Occasional drinker

0.857

0.813

Occasional drinker

0.855

0.809

Current drinker

1.153

0.348

Current drinker

1.174

0.334

Hypertension

2.002

p < 0.001

***

Hypertension

2129

p < 0.001

***

Cholesterol

1.072

0.277

Cholesterol

1.057

0.325

Diabetes

1.662

p < 0.001

***

Diabetes

1.600

p < 0.001

***

Cancer

0.841

0.767

Cancer

0.852

0.739

Myocardial infarction

1.719

0.002

**

Myocardial infarction

1.592

0.012

**

Ischemic heart disease (no infarction)

1.202

0.107

Ischemic heart disease (no infarction)

1.277

0.051

.

Stroke

1.813

0.001

***

Stroke

1.27

0.160

Fracture in the last 6 months

0.860

0.843

Fracture in the last 6 months

0.875

0.803