Table 2 Hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for mortality according to WC categories by BMI categories, stratified by sex

  < 70

0.96 (0.83, 1.10)

0.78 (0.75, 0.82)

1.36 (1.11, 1.68)

1.24 (0.92, 1.69)

  70–75

0.98 (0.85, 1.13)

0.83 (0.80, 0.85)

1.02 (0.93, 1.12)

1.35 (1.11, 1.65)

  75–80

1.10 (0.95, 1.27)

0.86 (0.84, 0.88)

0.91 (0.87, 0.95)

1.11 (1.02, 1.22)

  80–85

1.12 (0.85, 1.48)

0.90 (0.88, 0.92)

0.93 (0.91, 0.96)

0.99 (0.95, 1.02)

  85–90

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  90–95

0.98 (0.73, 1.32)

1.18 (1.13, 1.24)

1.17 (1.13, 1.20)

1.12 (1.09, 1.15)

  95–100

1.22 (0.74, 2.00)

1.40 (1.26, 1.55)

1.42 (1.35, 1.51)

1.30 (1.26, 1.34)

  ≥ 100

1.34 (0.43, 4.18)

1.33 (1.07, 1.64)

1.93 (1.70, 2.19)

1.83 (1.76, 1.90)

  < 70

0.72 (0.64, 0.81)

0.96 (0.93, 1.00)

1.07 (0.94, 1.21)

1.53 (1.24, 1.88)

  70–75

0.78 (0.70, 0.88)

0.89 (0.86, 0.92)

0.95 (0.90, 1.01)

1.16 (1.05, 1.29)

  75–80

0.87 (0.76, 0.99)

0.91 (0.88, 0.94)

0.98 (0.94, 1.02)

0.98 (0.93, 1.03)

  80–85

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  85–90

0.88 (0.71, 1.09)

1.14 (1.09, 1.21)

1.09 (1.04, 1.14)

1.06 (1.02, 1.10)

  90–95

0.88 (0.63, 1.25)

1.28 (1.17, 1.39)

1.26 (1.19, 1.34)

1.20 (1.15, 1.25)

  95–100

0.19 (0.06, 0.59)

1.44 (1.22, 1.70)

1.54 (1.37, 1.74)

1.37 (1.30, 1.43)

  ≥ 100

0.85 (0.32, 2.28)

2.00 (1.47, 2.72)

1.96 (1.54, 2.51)

1.85 (1.75, 1.96)