Table 2.
Association of selected risk factors with acute coronary syndrome, age-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from binary logistic regression
| Variable | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | OR | 95% CI | P* | n | OR | 95% CI | P* | |
| Body mass index |
784 |
1.06 |
1.02-1.11 |
0.006 |
316 |
1.17 |
1.08-1.26 |
<0.001 |
| Body mass index: |
0.145 (2) |
0.001 (2) |
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| <25 |
230 |
1.00 |
Reference |
- |
130 |
1.00 |
reference |
- |
| 25-29.9 |
409 |
1.23 |
0.87-1.75 |
0.243 |
134 |
2.74 |
1.41-5.31 |
0.003 |
| ≥30 |
145 |
1.57 |
1.00-2.47 |
0.051 |
52 |
4.48 |
1.96-10.24 |
<0.001 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio:† |
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| below cut off |
471 |
1.00 |
Reference |
- |
147 |
1.00 |
reference |
0.026 |
| above cut off |
313 |
3.57 |
2.58-4.92 |
<0.001 |
169 |
1.93 |
1.09-3.43 |
|
| Hypertension: |
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| no |
623 |
1.00 |
Reference |
- |
235 |
1.00 |
reference |
- |
| yes |
159 |
1.44 |
0.98-2.13 |
0.067 |
81 |
1.65 |
0.91-3.00 |
0.100 |
| Diabetes: |
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| no |
691 |
1.00 |
Reference |
- |
280 |
1.00 |
reference |
- |
| yes |
83 |
1.88 |
1.11-3.16 |
0.018 |
37 |
2.14 |
0.96-4.79 |
0.064 |
| Family history of coronary heart disease: |
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| no |
478 |
1.00 |
Reference |
- |
183 |
1.00 |
reference |
- |
| yes |
298 |
3.52 |
2.53-4.91 |
<0.001 |
126 |
3.93 |
2.14-7.23 |
<0.001 |
| Current smoking: |
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| no |
457 |
1.00 |
Reference |
- |
268 |
1.00 |
reference |
- |
| yes | 326 | 2.07 | 1.51-2.83 | <0.001 | 47 | 1.70 | 0.77-3.74 | 0.189 |
*Overall P value and degrees of freedom (in parenthesis).
†Cut off point for waist-to-hip ratio: ≤0.95 in men, and ≤0.86 (median in controls) in women.