Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the prospective associations between serum 25-OH vitamin D status and cause-specific mortality (individuals included = 8,329, person years at risk = 85,719).

$<p>Participants with missing values in one of the used variables were excluded. Adjusted for study group.</p>&<p>Further adjusted for gender, education, season of blood sample, intake of fish, physical activity, smoking habits, body mass index, and alcohol consumption.</p><p>Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; 25-OH vitamin D; 25-hydroxyvitamin D.