Table 3.

Outcomes associated with prevalent echocardiographic abnormalities

Echocardiographic Abnormality	Prevalence	Risk of IS, MI, VD with echo abnormality	Risk of IS, MI, VD without echo abnormality	p value*
left atrial size>5cm	7%	35%	26%	0.20
patent foramen ovale	7%	19%	28%	0.63
mitral annular calcification	13%	24%	27%	0.65
calcific aortic valve	12%	29%	26%	0.97
left ventricular hypertrophy	42%	27%	25%	0.70
global hypokinesis	6%	27%	26%	0.86
aortic arch atherosclerosis	11%	37%	25%	0.27

^*p-value for the log-rank test

Abbreviations: IS=ischemic stroke, MI=myocardial infarction, VD=other vascular death