HRs for disease mortality of non-respondents versus respondents and the 95% CIs according to gender and age at the beginning of the follow-up in 1998
| Non-respondents versus respondents (=1.00) | Age in 1998, 20–24 years | Age in 1998, 30–34 years | Age in 1998, 40–44 years | Age in 1998, 50–54 years | Total age or age and gender adjusted |
| Women | 0.39 (0.08 to 1.92) | 1.21 (0.54 to 2.69) | 1.41 (0.88 to 2.23) | 2.46 (1.73 to 3.52) | 1.83 (1.41 to 2.36) |
| Men | 1.13 (0.40 to 3.18) | 0.83 (0.42 to 1.66) | 1.43 (0.98 to 2.09) | 1.25 (1.00 to 1.57) | 1.25 (1.04 to 1.51) |
| Total gender or age and gender adjusted | 0.81 (0.37 to 1.80) | 0.98 (0.58 to 1.67) | 1.42 (1.06 to 1.90) | 1.55 (1.28 to 1.88) | 1.43 (1.23 to 1.66) |
Statistically significant associations are in bold.