Fig. 1
All-cause and cause-specific mortality by HDL cholesterol on continuous scales. All-cause mortality, (B) cardiovascular mortality, (C) non-cardiovascular mortality. Model was adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, systolic blood pressure, BMI, smoking status, alcohol consumption, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting status, coronary artery disease, stroke, diabetes, heart failure, COPD, cancer, chronic renal disease, aspirin and statin use. Not adjusted for sex when sex stratified analysis was performed. HDL, high-density lipoprotein. LDL, low-density lipoprotein. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Solid blue lines are adjusted hazard ratios, with shaded areas showing 95% confidence intervals derived from restricted cubic spline regressions