TABLE 3.

Relative risk with 95% confidence intervals for sudden unexpected cardiac death from stepwise multivariate Cox proportional hazard model: Manitoba Follow-Up Study, 1948–2004

Risk factor	RR (95% CI)
Age	1.05 (1.03–1.08)
During first five years following reported alcohol abuse	4.39 (2.35–8.20)
More than five years since reported alcohol abuse	1.18 (0.55–2.54)
During first five years following diagnosis of hypertension	1.37 (0.77–2.43)
More than five years since diagnosis of hypertension	1.79 (1.25–2.57)
During first five years following diagnosis of obesity	0.46 (0.11–1.88)
More than five years since diagnosis of obesity	1.63 (1.19–2.23)
During first five years following detection of T wave changes	2.09 (1.24–3.52)
More than five years since detection of T wave changes	1.27 (0.79–2.04)
During first five years following detection of ST changes	2.54 (1.48–4.36)
More than five years since detection of ST changes	1.96 (1.15–3.34)