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Risk factors for pancreatic cancer mortality in the original Whitehall Study (N = 17,898)
No. deaths/no. men Rate ratio (95% confidence intervals) Age-adjusted Multiple adjustment* Body mass index (kg/m2) Tertile 1 53/5,969 1.0 1.0 Tertile 2 54/5,994 0.98 (0.67-1.43) 1.02 (0.69-1.50) Tertile 3 56/5,935 1.10 (0.75-1.60) 1.18 (0.79-1.75) Per 1 SD (2.98 kg/m2) increase 1.01 (0.86-1.18) 1.03 (0.87-1.23) Plasma cholesterol (mmol/L) Tertile 1 56/6,124 1.0 1.0 Tertile 2 69/5,733 1.32 (0.93-1.88) 1.32 (0.93-1.88) Tertile 3 38/6,041 0.71 (0.47-1.07) 0.73 (0.48-1.10) Per 1 SD (1.21 mmol/L) increase 0.91 (0.78-1.07) 0.92 (0.78-1.08) Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) Tertile 1 63/5,687 1.0 1.0 Tertile 2 50/6,219 0.75 (0.52-1.09) 0.75 (0.52-1.10) Tertile 3 50/5,991 0.88 (0.61-1.28) 0.89 (0.60-1.31) Per 1 SD (13.8 mmHg) increase 0.93 (0.78-1.09) 0.92 (0.77-1.10) Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) Tertile 1 59/5,870 1.0 1.0 Tertile 2 57/6,042 0.97 (0.67-1.39) 0.96 (0.67-1.39) Tertile 3 47/5,986 0.92 (0.63-1.36) 0.93 (0.62-1.38) Per 1 SD (21.2 mmHg) increase 0.98 (0.83-1.15) 0.98 (0.83-1.17) Physical activity High 33/2,955 1.0 1.0 Moderate 78/9,339 0.93 (0.66-1.33) 0.92 (0.65-1.30) Sedentary 52/5,604 1.37 (0.89-2.12) 1.32 (0.84-2.06) Socioeconomic position Administrative (highest socioeconomic status) 13/908 1.43 (0.80-2.54) 1.43 (0.80-2.55) Professional/executive 106/11,652 1.0 1.0 Clerical 21/2,823 0.95 (0.59-1.51) 1.00 (0.62-1.63) Other (lowest socioeconomic status) 16/1,678 1.29 (0.76-2.18) 1.29 (0.74-2.25) BC and DS† 7/837 0.94 (0.44-2.02) 0.99 (0.46-2.13) ↵* Excluding the predictor variable of interest, multiple adjustment is adjustment for body mass index, plasma cholesterol, physical activity, socioeconomic status, diabetes/blood glucose, marital status, forced expiratory volume in 1 s, height, age at risk, smoking, and diastolic and systolic blood pressure (estimates for components of blood pressure are not mutually adjusted).
↵† British Council and Diplomatic Service included as separate categories because grade levels are not comparable with other civil service departments.