Table 1.  Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals to death by logistic regression analysis among Sumo wrestlers between the years of 1926 and 1989.
 

Odds ratio

95% confidencial intervals

  Body mass index (kg·m2)

1.08

1.01 - 1.15

  Winning percentage (+10%)

1.29

.86 - 1.93

Special Prizes Won

  Not applicable wrestlers

1.00

  Prize-laden wrestlers

1.75

.50 - 6.10

  Top rank in each wrestler’s career (number, %)

  Below Makuuchi

1.00

  Above Komusubi

.98

.27 - 3.59