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. 2024 Aug 14;25:641. doi: 10.1186/s12891-024-07729-y

Table 2.

Association between the moderate-to-high cardiovascular health and all-cause mortality risk in patients with OA

Variables Model 1 Model 2 [a] Model 3 [a] Model 2 [b] Model 3 [b]
HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p
Age 1.10 (1.07—1.13)  < 0.001 1.10 (1.07–1.12)  < 0.001 1.09 (1.07–1.12)  < 0.001 1.10 (1.07–1.12)  < 0.001 1.09 (1.07–1.12)  < 0.001
Gender
 Female Ref / / / / / / / /
 Male 1.22 (0.87–1.71) 0.236 / / / / / / / /
Race/Ethnicity
 Mexican American Ref / / / / / / / /
 Non-Hispanic Black 1.06 (0.47–2.38) 0.889 / / / / / / / /
 Non-Hispanic White 1.25 (0.68–2.32) 0.470 / / / / / / / /
 Other Hispanic 1.24 (0.42–3.65) 0.694 / / / / / / / /
 Other Race—Including Multi-Racial 0.68 (0.26–1.78) 0.429 / / / / / / / /
Education level
 Less Than 9th Grade Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 9-11th Grade (Includes 12th grade with no diploma) 0.72 (0.41–1.26) 0.251 1.22 (0.64–2.33) 0.533 1.04 (0.57–1.91) 0.900 1.27 (0.65–2.45) 0.478 1.06 (0.57–2.00) 0.845
 High School Grade/GED or Equivalent 0.40 (0.20–0.79) 0.009 0.92 (0.42–2.01) 0.841 0.84 (0.41–1.73) 0.633 0.97 (0.45–2.10) 0.939 0.88 (0.43–1.79) 0.717
 Some College or AA degree 0.43 (0.26–0.70)  < 0.001 1.12 (0.60–2.07) 0.720 0.99 (0.53–1.88) 0.997 1.19 (0.64–2.22) 0.584 1.05 (0.56–1.99) 0.875
 College Graduate or above 0.35 (0.21–0.58)  < 0.001 1.04 (0.55–1.97) 0.893 1.03 (0.54–1.96) 0.921 1.17 (0.62–2.20) 0.621 1.14 (0.60–2.15) 0.686
PIR
 ≤ 1.85 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 > 1.85 0.66 (0.48–0.91) 0.013 0.89 (0.58–1.37) 0.593 0.92 (0.59–1.46) 0.731 0.91 (0.59–1.40) 0.670 0.94 (0.60–1.48) 0.799
 Unknown 1.15 (0.65–2.06) 0.623 1.31 (0.75–2.30) 0.343 1.35 (0.76–2.39) 0.304 1.35 (0.77–2.37) 0.291 1.38 (0.78–2.44) 0.264
Marital Status
 Married Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Unmarried 2.25 (1.53–3.32)  < 0.001 1.60 (1.04–2.46) 0.034 1.63 (1.06–2.53) 0.028 1.57 (1.01–2.43) 0.043 1.61 (1.04–2.49) 0.034
Cancer
 No Ref / / Ref / / Ref
 Yes 1.67 (1.13–2.46) 0.010 / / 1.10 (0.78–1.56) 0.576 / / 1.06 (0.75–1.50) 0.746
Drinking
 No Ref / / / / / / / /
 Yes 0.81 (0.54–1.22) 0.306 / / / / / / / /
Fracture
 No Ref / / Ref / / Ref
 Yes 1.96 (1.13–3.40) 0.017 / / 1.64 (0.98–2.74) 0.061 / / 1.61 (0.98–2.67) 0.062
 Unknown 1.33 (0.87–2.02) 0.186 / / 1.37 (0.88–2.11) 0.157 / / 1.37 (0.89–2.12) 0.150
CVD
 No Ref / / Ref / / Ref
 Yes 3.02 (2.10–4.33)  < 0.001 / / 1.64 (1.13–2.39) 0.010 / / 1.62 (1.12–2.35) 0.010
 Duration of OA 1.02 (1.01–1.03) 0.013 / / 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.655 / / 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.632
 Energy 0.99 (0.99–0.99) 0.041 / / 1.01 (1.01–1.01) 0.699 / / 1.01 (1.01–1.01) 0.677
Drug for OA
 No Ref / / / / / / / /
 Yes 1.13 (0.41–3.08) 0.812 / / / / / / / /
White blood cell count 1.11 (1.06–1.16)  < 0.001 1.08 (1.04–1.13)  < 0.001 1.08 (1.03–1.13) 0.002
Creatinine 1.00 (0.37–2.68) 1.000 / / / / / / / /
Groups
 Low CVH Ref Ref Ref / / / /
 Moderate CVH 0.63 (0.47–0.85) 0.002 0.62 (0.43–0.89) 0.010 0.67 (0.45–0.98) 0.039 / / / /
 High CVH 0.37 (0.21–0.67) 0.001 0.39 (0.22–0.68) 0.001 0.47 (0.26–0.87) 0.017 / / / /
 Per 10 points increase 0.79 (0.73–0.86)  < 0.001 / / / / 0.78 (0.71–0.86)  < 0.001 0.81 (0.73–0.90)  < 0.001

Ref reference, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence Interval, GED general equivalent diploma, AA Associate of Arts, PIR poverty-to-income ratio, CVD cardiovascular disease, OA osteoarthritis, CVH cardiovascular health

amultivariable model with the LE8 score (categorized varaible) as the exposure

bmultivariable model with per 10 points increase (continuous varaible) as the exposure