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Table 4 HR (95% CI) and estimated loss of RLE (95% CI) for body weight status, after exclusion of early deaths, and after stratification by smoking status, the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort a

From: Lifestyle risk factors and residual life expectancy at age 40: a German cohort study

 

Men

 

Women

 

Multivariable HR (95% CI)

      Loss of RLE (95% CI)

 

Multivariable HR (95% CI)

Loss of RLE (95% CI)

Early deathsb excluded

    

Body weight status

    

Optimal BMI

1.00

0

1.00

0

Low BMI

1.51 (1.15, 1.98)

3.0 (1.0, 4.6)

1.30 (1.00, 1.69)

1.8 (0.3, 3.1)

Overweight

1.14 (0.95, 1.37)

1.0 (0, 2.0)

1.02 (0.79, 1.30)

0.1 (−1.1, 1.7)c

Obesity

1.49 (1.21, 1.84)

2.9 (1.8, 4.1)

1.48 (1.13, 1.93)

2.6 (1.2, 4.3)

Stratified by smoking status

    

Never smokers

    

Optimal BMI

1.00

0

1.00

0

Low BMI

1.50 (0.80, 2.82)

2.9 (−2.5, 6.4)c

1.05 (0.71, 1.55)

0.4 (−2.4, 2.8)c

Overweight

1.15 (0.77, 1.72)

1.0 (−1.5, 3.7)c

0.97 (0.69, 1.36)

−0.2 (−2.0, 2.1)c

Obesity

2.05 (1.31, 3.21)

5.2 (2.1, 8.6)

1.53 (1.06, 2.19)

3.0 (0.9, 5.2)

Former smokers

    

Optimal BMI

100

0

1.00

0

Low BMI

1.32 (0.77, 2.29)

2.0 (−1.6, 5.4)c

1.14 (0.63, 2.08)

0.9 (−3.1, 4.4)c

Overweight

1.36 (1.01, 1.83)

2.2 (0.6, 4.4)

1.41 (0.86, 2.32)

2.3 (−0.6, 5.2)c

Obesity

1.55 (1.10, 2.18)

3.1 (1.2, 5.4)

1.37 (0.75, 2.48)

2.1 (−1.1, 5.6)c

Current smokers

    

Optimal BMI

1.00

0

1.00

0

Low BMI

1.70 (1.21, 2.40)

4.3 (1.7, 6.6)

1.83 (1.19, 2.82)

4.8 (2.1, 8.0)

Overweight

1.00 (0.77, 1.31)

0 (−1.9, 2.0)c

1.04 (0.66, 1.63)

0.3 (−2.6, 3.4)c

Obesity

1.39 (1.00,1.92)

2.7 (0.6, 5.2)

1.68 (1.01, 2.80)

4.2 (0.6, 7.6)

  1. aParticipants with pre-existing diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer were excluded. bDeaths occurred in the first two years of the follow-up period (nmen = 48; nwomen = 33). cMinus sign denotes a gain in RLE. BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; EPIC, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; HR, hazard ratio; RLE, residual life expectancy.