Table 3 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke by weight-change categories; sensitivity analysis excluding subjects with the occurrence of end points within 1 year of follow-up
Weight change (%) | Myocardial infarction | Stroke | All-cause mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Events (n) | Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years) | HR (95% CI) | Events (n) | Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years) | HR (95% CI) | Events (n) | Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years) | HR (95% CI) | |
 ≥ − 10% | 57 | 2.43 | 1.20 (0.91,1.58) | 65 | 2.77 | 1.01 (0.78,1.30) | 180 | 7.64 | 1.74 (1.48, 2.03) |
 − 10 ~ − 5% | 197 | 2.27 | 1.13 (0.96,1.33) | 197 | 2.27 | 0.90 (0.77,1.06) | 433 | 4.97 | 1.22 (1.09, 1.36) |
 − 5 ~ 5% | 870 | 2.09 | 1 (ref.) | 1056 | 2.54 | 1 (ref.) | 1614 | 3.87 | 1 (ref.) |
 5 ~ 10% | 126 | 2.15 | 1.01 (0.83,1.22) | 163 | 2.78 | 1.10 (0.94,1.30) | 306 | 5.19 | 1.28 (1.14, 1.45) |
 ≥ 10% | 55 | 2.52 | 1.18 (0.89,1.55) | 77 | 3.54 | 1.35 (1.06,1.70) | 140 | 6.39 | 1.58 (1.33, 1.88) |