Clinical Study
Percentage of Deaths Attributable to Poor Cardiovascular Health Lifestyle Factors: Findings from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study
Table 2
Estimated hazard ratios of death in categories of potential risk factors, the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, 1987–2003.
| | No. of deaths | Total no. of participants | Unadjusted HR (95% CI) | Multivariate-adjusted HR (95% CI)a |
| Nonmodifiable variables | | | | | Age group, years | | | | | 20–39 | 30 | 2999 | 1 | 1 | 40–49 | 71 | 4453 | 1.62 (1.05–2.48) | 1.58 (1.03–2.42) | 50–59 | 83 | 2874 | 2.91 (1.92–4.42) | 2.88 (1.88–4.41) | ≥60 | 84 | 914 | 8.48 (5.59–12.86) | 8.53 (5.55–13.13) | Gender | | | | | Male | 229 | 8598 | 1 | 1 | Female | 39 | 2642 | 0.59 (0.42–0.82) | 0.66 (0.47–0.94) | Family history of CVD | | | | | No | 229 | 9974 | 1 | 1 | Yes | 39 | 1266 | 1.37 (0.98–1.93) | 1.46 (1.04–2.05) | Nonideal modifiable lifestyle factors | | | | | Current smoker | 41 | 1287 | 1.50 (1.07–2.09) | 1.62 (1.16–2.28) | BMI ≥ 25 | 145 | 5954 | 1.81 (0.93–1.50) | 0.88 (0.68–1.14) | Unhealthy diet (<3 components) | 152 | 7011 | 0.87 (0.68–1.11) | 1.01 (0.79–1.29) | Low fitness | 35 | 981 | 1.81 (1.27–2.59) | 2.04 (1.40–2.99) |
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CVD: cardiovascular disease. Adjusted for all the variables in the table plus hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia.
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