Hazard Ratios (95% confidence intervals) for total mortality according to categories (a priori defined cut-off points) of the waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference.

The PREDIMED study 2003–2010.1Adjusted for age, smoking, diabetes status, hypertensive status, intervention group and family history of CHD.All estimates are stratified for study center. The interaction term was not statistically significant in case of waist-to-height ratio (p = 0.45).When the analyses were restricted to deaths occurring after > = 2 yr follow-up, the only noticeable change was for the category >0.65 to 0.70 which exhibited a higher and significant elevated risk of death in the overall sample (multivariable-adjusted HR = 1.43, 95% CI: 1.03–1.97 in the total sample; 1.14 (0.77–2.42) in men, and 1.88 (1.09–3.24) in women).