Adjusted associations of early life parental death with cardiovascular risk factors, seated height and delayed 10-word recall score in 28,771 older Chinese men and women in recruitment phases 1, 2 and 3 of The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (2003–8).

†Model 1 adjusted for age, sex and the interaction of age and sex.Model 2 additionally adjusted for father's job type, leg length, education, job type, smoking, use of alcohol and physical activity.Model 3 additionally adjusted for body mass index and waist-hip ratio.*only available in recruitment phases 1 and 3 for 5285 men and 14150 women. Bold type indicates statistical significance.