Body-mass index, blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba: prospective study of 146,556 participants

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  Fig. 1. Baseline associations of mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diabetes prevalence vs BMI. Results are standardised to the age and sex of the 125,939 participants; exclusions as in Table 1. For each category, area of the square is inversely proportional to the variance of the mean SBP, or the prevalence of diabetes, which also determines the confidence interval (CI)

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  Fig. 2. Vascular mortality vs usual systolic blood pressure (SBP) and usual BMI at ages 35–79 years in Cuba. Rate ratios (RR) adjusted for age, sex, education, province, smoking, alcohol, and BMI (when appropriate). Analyses omitted the first 5 years of follow up. Exclusions as in Table 1. For each SBP or BMI category, area of the square is inversely proportional to the variance of the category−specific log risk, which also determines the confidence interval (CI)

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  Fig. 3. Death rate ratios (RR) for vascular mortality vs usual systolic blood pressure (SBP), diabetes and usual BMI at ages 35–79 years in Cuba. IHD=Ischaemic heart disease. Rate ratios (RR) adjusted for age, sex, education, province, smoking, alcohol, and BMI (when appropriate). Analyses omitted the first 5 years of follow up. Exclusions as in Table 1. For each category, area of the square is inversely proportional to the variance of the category−specific log risk, which also determines the confidence interval (CI).*Excludes lowest category of BMI

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  Fig. 4. Vascular mortality vs usual BMI at ages 35–79 years in Cuba, with further adjustment for diabetes and usual systolic blood pressure (SBP). Rate ratios (RR) adjusted for age, sex, education, province, smoking, and alcohol, with further adjustment for diabetes and usual SBP when indicated. Analyses omitted the first 5 years of follow up. Exclusions as in Table 1. For each BMI category, area of the square is inversely proportional to the variance of the category−specific log risk, which also determines the confidence interval (CI). *Excludes lowest category of BMI