Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of mortality according to changes in waist circumference (DWC) and changes in body mass index (DBMI) when smokers or deaths occurring in the first years of follow-up are excluded.

*Adjusted for, sex, years between examinations, age in 1999–02, baseline BMI, baseline WC, DWC (analyses of DBMI), DBMI (analyses of DWC), smoking habits, Mediterranean diet score, energy intake, education, drinking pattern, sports activity and menopausal status (women only).
All associations were accepted to be linear.