Table 2 Multivariate Cox regression analysis of triglyceride levels with mortality in different models

 Triglycerides (per mmol/L increment)

1.17 (1.13, 1.21) <  0.0001

1.07 (1.02, 1.12) 0.0021

1.08 (1.02, 1.15) 0.0085

  <  150

1.0

1.0

1.0

 150–200

1.31 (1.16, 1.48) < 0.0001

1.00 (0.89, 1.13) 0.9414

0.97 (0.84, 1.12) 0.7249

 200–249

1.39 (1.19, 1.62) < 0.0001

1.03 (0.88, 1.20) 0.7255

1.06 (0.89, 1.27) 0.5172

  ≥ 250

1.48 (1.28, 1.70) < 0.0001

1.32 (1.14, 1.51) 0.0001

1.34 (1.12, 1.60) 0.0016

P for trend

<  0.001

0.002

0.007

 Triglycerides (per mmol/L increment)

1.22 (1.13, 1.31) < 0.0001

1.16 (1.06, 1.27) 0.0009

1.10 (0.97, 1.24) 0.1482

  < 150

1.0

1.0

1.0

 150–200

1.67 (1.30, 2.14) < 0.0001

1.28 (1.00, 1.65) 0.0504

1.01 (0.75, 1.37) 0.9349

 200–249

1.77 (1.29, 2.41) 0.0004

1.31 (0.96, 1.79) 0.0909

1.19 (0.82, 1.71) 0.3544

  ≥ 250

1.61 (1.18, 2.18) 0.0025

1.53 (1.12, 2.08) 0.0068

1.26 (0.85, 1.88) 0.2517

P for trend

< 0.001

0.002

0.203