Table 2 Risk of death according to cardiometabolic disease status at baseline, adjusting for comorbidity using alternative indicators for this variable

No. of persons

1,861,821 (52)

33,581 (30)

71,399 (47)

25,136 (53)

7206 (30)

2901 (36)

4753 (46)

934 (33)

No. of deaths

85,117

15,233

22,582

14,184

3961

2082

3121

714

 Adjusted for sex, smoking, deprivation and comorbidities at baseline

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

1.21 (1.19 to 1.23)

1.34 (1.32 to 1.35)

1.47 (1.44 to 1.49)

1.59 (1.55 to 1.63)

1.46 (1.41 to 1.52)

1.86 (1.81 to 1.90)

1.72 (1.63 to 1.81)

 Adjusted for sex, smoking, deprivation and number of comorbidities^a at baseline

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

1.18 (1.16 to 1.19)

1.32 (1.31 to 1.33)

1.14 (1.13 to 1.16)

1.47 (1.43 to 1.50)

1.24 (1.19 to 1.28)

1.37 (1.34 to 1.41)

1.43 (1.36 to 1.50)

 Adjusted for sex, smoking, deprivation and categories of comorbidities^b at baseline

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

1.27 (1.26 to 1.29)

1.40 (1.39 to 1.41)

1.46 (1.44 to 1.48)

1.73 (1.70 to 1.76)

1.58 (1.54 to 1.63)

1.91 (1.88 to 1.95)

2.13 (2.05 to 2.20)