Table 6.

Predictors of ukMI in a multiple logistic stepwise regression analysis

Risk factor	OR	95 % CI
Male sex ?	0.88	0.39; 1.96
Age (years)	1.07	1.02; 1.13
Smoking	0.54	0.16; 1.88
Hypercholesterolemia	1.38	0.58; 3.30
Hypertension	2.00	0.85; 4.70
IGT	2.40	0.87; 6.68

ukMI = unknown myocardial infarction. OR (= odds ratio) calculated with all variables entered simultaneously, with age as a continous variable. CI = confidence interval. IGT = impaired glucose tolerance. Risk factor definitions were as described in Methods.