Table 2 Hazard ratios (95 % confidence intervals) for the association of obesity/overweight and other baseline cardiovascular disease risk factors in relation to dementia and cardiovascular disease^a death: University of Glasgow male alumni (N = 9547)

Body mass index^b

9493

140

0.94

(0.80, 1.13)

1151

1.06

(1.00, 1.12)

0.072

Overweight^c

9493

140

0.93

(0.49, 1.79)

1151

1.29

(1.05, 1.59)

0.014

Father occupation^d

9182

140

1.24

(0.89, 1.73)

1137

1.13

(1.01, 1.27)

0.040

No physical activity^e

8240

135

0.50

(0.28, 0.89)

1090

0.93

(0.78, 1.11)

0.41

Height^b

9500

140

0.89

(0.76, 1.05)

1151

1.08

(1.02, 1.14)

0.010

Pulse rate^b

9184

139

0.96

(0.80, 1.15)

1141

1.04

(0.98, 1.10)

0.18

Systolic blood pressure^b

9489

140

0.81

(0.67, 0.98)

1156

1.15

(1.09, 1.22)

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure^b

9468

140

0.84

(0.71, 1.00)

1153

1.08

(1.02, 1.15)

0.009

Smoker^f

9068

132

1.42

(1.00, 2.01)

1088

1.53

(1.36, 1.73)

<0.001

Alcohol consumption^g

8245

102

1.18

(0.79, 1.76)

860

0.88

(0.76, 1.01)

0.060