Adjusted HRs for total mortality by category of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in elderly men and women. Participants from the Tromsø (1994–1995) and HUNT (1995–1997) studies
| BMI (n=16711) | WC (n=15049) | ||||||
| BMI (kg/m2) categories | Deaths/total (n) | HR (95% CI) | WC (cm) categories | Deaths/total (n) | HR (95% CI) | ||
| Age-adjusted* | Multivariable adjusted† | Age-adjusted* | Multivariable adjusted† | ||||
| Men | Men | ||||||
| <18.5 | 52/62 | 2.52 (1.91 to 3.33) | 2.32 (1.75 to 3.07) | <73 | 34/53 | 1.61 (1.15 to 2.27) | 1.49 (1.06 to 2.10) |
| 18.5–19.9 | 84/123 | 1.42 (1.13 to 1.77) | 1.28 (1.03 to 1.60) | 74–77 | 52/98 | 1.12 (0.85 to 1.48) | 1.03 (0.78 to 1.36) |
| 20.0–22.4 | 388/667 | 1.30 (1.15 to 1.45) | 1.23 (1.09 to 1.38) | 77.5–83.5 | 255/514 | 1.19 (1.03 to 1.36) | 1.11 (0.97 to 1.28) |
| 22.5–24.9 | 941/1762 | 1.14 (1.04 to 1.24) | 1.12 (1.02 to 1.22) | 84–90.5 | 750/1637 | 0.98 (0.89 to 1.08) | 0.97 (0.88 to 1.06) |
| 25.0–27.4 | 1109/2272 | 1.00 Reference | 1.00 Reference | 91–97.5 | 968/2034 | 1.00 Reference | 1.00 Reference |
| 27.5–29.9 | 776/1622 | 1.04 (0.95 to 1.14) | 1.05 (0.95 to 1.15) | 98–104.5 | 742/1541 | 1.03 (0.94 to 1.14) | 1.04 (0.94 to 1.14) |
| 30.0–32.4 | 359/709 | 1.17 (1.04 to 1.32) | 1.19 (1.05 to 1.34) | 105–111.5 | 387/729 | 1.18 (1.05 to 1.33) | 1.16 (1.03 to 1.31) |
| 32.5–34.9 | 136/258 | 1.30 (1.09 to 1.56) | 1.31 (1.09 to 1.56) | 112–117.5 | 133/224 | 1.39 (1.16 to 1.67) | 1.43 (1.20 to 1.72) |
| ≥35.0 | 72/129 | 1.55 (1.22 to 1.97) | 1.53 (1.21 to 1.95) | ≥118.0 | 92/142 | 1.63 (1.32 to 2.02) | 1.53 (1.24 to 1.90) |
| Women | Women | ||||||
| <18.5 | 63/103 | 1.91 (1.48 to 2.47) | 1.78 (1.37 to 2.31) | <65 | 46/93 | 1.83 (1.36 to 2.46) | 1.68 (1.24 to 2.26) |
| 18.5–19.9 | 111/210 | 1.74 (1.42 to 2.12) | 1.57 (1.28 to 1.92) | 66–68 | 60/168 | 1.19 (0.91 to 1.55) | 1.13 (0.86 to 1.47) |
| 20.0–22.4 | 405/862 | 1.36 (1.20 to 1.54) | 1.32 (1.17 to 1.49) | 69–74 | 283/789 | 1.16 (1.01 to 1.34) | 1.12 (0.97 to 1.29) |
| 22.5–24.9 | 670/1685 | 1.10 (0.99 to 1.22) | 1.10 (0.99 to 1.22) | 75–80 | 488/1508 | 1.02 (0.91 to 1.15) | 1.01 (0.90 to 1.13) |
| 25.0–27.4 | 733/2094 | 1.00 Reference | 1.00 Reference | 81–87 | 651/1931 | 1.00 Reference | 1.00 Reference |
| 27.5–29.9 | 657/1788 | 1.04 (0.93 to 1.15) | 1.06 (0.96 to 1.18) | 87.5–93 | 533/1567 | 1.01 (0.90 to 1.13) | 1.01 (0.90 to 1.14) |
| 30.0–32.4 | 426/1200 | 0.98 (0.87 to 1.10) | 1.00 (0.89 to 1.13) | 93.5–99 | 358/968 | 1.09 (0.96 to 1.24) | 1.11 (0.97 to 1.26) |
| 32.5–34.9 | 249/618 | 1.16 (1.00 to 1.34) | 1.19 (1.03 to 1.38) | 99.5–104.5 | 212/547 | 1.15 (0.98 to 1.34) | 1.16 (0.99 to 1.35) |
| ≥35.0 | 243/547 | 1.39 (1.21 to 1.61) | 1.45 (1.25 to 1.67) | ≥105 | 246/506 | 1.61 (1.39 to 1.86) | 1.66 (1.43 to 1.92) |