Table 2 Risk factors for cancer mortality

Patient characteristics

Age (per SD increase)

1.05

0.86 – 1.28

0.64

1.02

0.84 – 1.25

0.83

Diastolic blood pressure (per 10 mmHg increase)

1.10

0.90 – 1.34

0.35

-

-

-

Systolic blood pressures (per 10 mmHg increase)

0.97

0.87 – 1.09

0.60

-

-

-

Previous and current smoker

1.45

0.97 – 2.17

0.07

1.80

1.17 – 2.77

0.008

Body mass index (per SD increase)

0.99

0.81 – 1.21

0.93

-

-

-

Daily alcohol use (per gram increase)

1.09

0.85 – 1.41

0.49

-

-

-

Co-morbidities

Diabetes

1.32

0.61 – 2.86

0.48

-

-

-

Chronic kidney disease

2.37

1.27 – 4.50

0.007

2.43

1.28 – 4.62

0.007

Cardiovascular disease

1.30

0.74 – 2.27

0.36

-

-

-

Season at recruitment

Spring

Ref

-

0.39

Ref

-

-

Summer

2.07

0.63 – 6.78

1.02

0.24 – 4.34

0.97

Autumn

1.48

0.87 – 2.54

1.71

0.99 – 3.00

0.06

Winter

1.17

0.70 – 1.96

1.27

0.75 – 2.14

0.37

Treatment allocation

Calcium supplements

1.11

0.76 – 1.63

0.59

1.09

0.73 – 1.62

0.67

Laboratory measurements

25 (OH) Vit D (nmol/L)

>83

Ref

-

0.06

Ref

-

0.04

>64 - 83

1.95

1.02 – 3.74

2.23

1.09 – 4.58

>46 - 64

2.27

1.21 – 4.27

2.55

1.24 – 5.26

0 - 46

2.12

1.11 – 4.05

2.63

1.26 – 5.45

Albumin (per SD increase)

0.95

0.79 – 1.13

0.53

-

-

-

Calcium (per SD increase)

1.01

0.83 – 1.22

0.93

-

-

-

Phosphate (per SD increase)

0.70

0.14 – 3.46

0.66

-

-

-

Estimated GFR (per SD increase)

1.03

0.84 – 1.27

0.78

-

-

-