No Obesity Paradox—BMI Incapable of Adequately Capturing the Relation of Obesity with All-Cause Mortality: An Inception Diabetes Cohort Study
Table 2
Contribution of different tertiles of the body mass index to all-cause mortality.
Hazard Ratio (95% CIs)
Std. Err.
Wald
value
Model 1
Body mass index (kg·m−2)
First tertile
1.69 (0.99–2.88)
0.46
1.91
0.056
Second tertile
1 reference
Third tertile
1.17 (0.66–2.07)
0.34
0.54
0.588
Model 2
Body mass index (kg·m−2)
First tertile
2.36 (1.30–4.30)
0.72
2.81
0.005
Second tertile
1 reference
Third tertile
0.96 (0.52–1.77)
0.30
−0.12
0.904
Log-waist circumference []
20.35 (1.62–254.79)
26.24
2.34
0.019
Model 3
Body mass index (kg·m−2)
First tertile
1.54 (0.83–2.86)
0.49
1.38
0.168
Second tertile
1 reference
Third tertile
1.49 (0.80–2.76)
0.47
1.25
0.211
Log-general cardiovascular risk
2.81 (2.11–3.75)
0.41
7.02
<0.001
Log-waist circumference []
0.65 (0.04–10.50)
0.93
−0.30
0.763
Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate HRs and 95% CIs. Model 1: adjusted with BMI. Model 2: adjusted with BMI and waist circumference. Model 3: adjusted with BMI, waist circumference, and general CVD risk.
