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Table 6 Cardiovascular mortality: Odds ratios from Cox models with waist circumference and body mass index as main predictor

From: Association between obesity and mortality in the Costa Rican elderly: a cohort study

Model with waist circumference

Model with Body Mass Index

Variable

OR

Associated probability

 

Variable

OR

Associated probability

 

Waist circumference

1.004

0.345

 

Body Mass Index (BMI)

1.023

0.065

*

Male

1.343

0.056

*

Male

1.422

0.029

**

Complete primary

0.089

0.471

 

Complete primary

0.973

0.830

 

Former smokera

0.032

0.933

 

Former smokera

0.987

0.933

 

Passive smoker

0.939

0.704

 

Passive smoker

0.916

0.604

 

Current smoker

2.093

p < 0.001

***

Current smoker

2.268

p < 0.001

***

Former drinkerb

0.977

0.891

 

Former drinkerb

0.915

0.609

 

Occasional drinker

0.847

0.340

 

Occasional drinker

0.847

0.350

 

Current drinker

1.160

0.683

 

Current drinker

1.170

0.676

 

Hypertension

1.929

p < 0.001

***

Hypertension

2.042

p < 0.001

***

Cholesterol

1.074

0.547

 

Cholesterol

1.059

0.638

 

Diabetes

1.623

p < 0.001

***

Diabetes

1.558

0.001

***

Cancer

0.842

0.467

 

Cancer

0.85

0.516

 

Myocardial infarction

1.687

0.006

***

Myocardial infarction

1.562

0.029

**

Ischemic heart disease (no infarction)

1.202

0.215

 

Ischemic heart disease (no infarction)

1.284

0.094

 

Stroke

1.812

0.002

***

Stroke

1.268

0.324

 

Fracture in the last 6 months

0.906

0.507

 

Fracture in the last 6 months

0.921

0.596

 
  1. Significance levels: ***p<0.01; ** p<0.05; * p<0.10
  2. People who have never smoked are the reference categorya
  3. People who have never drunk are the reference categoryb