Table 2

Hazard ratios* and 95% CIs for association between height loss and total mortality and cause-specific mortality in Swedish and Danish women (n=2406)

Sample	Total mortality
	Model 1†			Model 2‡
	Swedish	Danish	Pooled	Swedish	Danish	Pooled
No. of cases/censored*	316/831	309/950	625/1781	314/821	292/893	606/1714
Height loss (cm)	1.18 (1.09 to 1.28)	1.24 (1.13 to 1.37)	1.20 (1.13 to 1.27)	1.14 (1.05 to 1.23)	1.21 (1.09 to 1.35)	1.15 (1.09 to 1.23)
Height loss, binary
Stable (≤2 cm)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Major height loss (>2 cm)	1.86 (1.41 to 2.44)	1.90 (1.36 to 2.64)	1.85 (1.50 to 2.29)	1.74 (1.32 to 2.29)	1.80 (1.27 to 2.54)	1.74 (1.41 to 2.16)

Pooled sample	Total CVD mortality		Stroke mortality		Non-CVD mortality
Pooled sample	Model 1†	Model 2‡	Model 1†	Model 2‡	Model 1†	Model 2‡
No. of cases/censored*	157/2249	156/2164	37/2369	36/2284	362/2044	347/1973
Height loss (cm)	1.28 (1.17 to 1.40)	1.21 (1.10 to 1.32)	1.36 (1.15 to 1.61)	1.30 (1.09 to 1.55)	1.18 (1.09 to 1.28)	1.14 (1.05 to 1.24)
Height loss, binary
Stable (≤2 cm)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)	1 (reference)
Major height loss (>2 cm)	2.44 (1.69 to 3.53)	2.14 (1.47 to 3.12)	2.81 (1.38 to 5.75)	2.31 (1.09 to 4.87)	1.78 (1.34 to 2.36)	1.71 (1.28 to 2.29)

*Number of deaths since second height measure/censored at end of follow-up.
†Model 1 adjusted for age at follow-up, age², time interval and height at baseline. Analyses of pooled sample also adjusted for cohort (Swedish/Danish).
‡Model 2 adjusted for age at follow-up, age², time interval, height at baseline, weight at baseline, baseline smoking status, alcohol intake at baseline, baseline education and leisure time physical activity at baseline and follow-up. Analyses of pooled sample also adjusted for cohort (Swedish/Danish).