Table 4 Hazard ratios for incidence of major vascular events in active versus inactive men, by baseline variables (among 7564 participants)

Age at risk, years

 65–74

316

71.8

0.94 (0.75–1.34)

 75–84

936

79.9

0.85 (0.81–0.91)

 85–94

305

88.0

0.65 (0.51–0.83)

Trend, 3 groups: χ² ₁ = 4.3 (P = 0.04)

Smoking

 Never

469

80.3

0.90 (0.81–1.00)

 Ex-smoker

868

80.0

0.78 (0.72–0.85)

 Current

220

78.1

0.83 (0.69–0.99)

Heterogeneity: χ² ₂ = 2.1 (P = 0.15)

 ≥ weekly

491

79.9

0.83 (0.74–0.92)

 < weekly

990

79.8

0.83 (0.77–0.89)

Heterogeneity: χ² ₁ = 0.0 (P = 1.0)

 14–24

463

80.5

0.88 (0.79–0.97)

 25–29

755

79.6

0.85 (0.78–0.92)

 30–47

339

79.3

0.81 (0.70–0.92)

Trend, 3 groups: χ² ₁ = 0.9 (P = 0.3)

Overall

1557

79.8

0.82 (0.78–0.87)