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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2008 May 27;156(2):405–410. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.02.022

Table 2.

Hazard ratios for cardiovascular events by metabolic syndrome and endothelial dysfunction

Unadjusted HR (95% CI) P value Adjusted HR* (95% CI) P value
Metabolic syndrome 2.12 (1.35–3.33) 0.001 2.08 (1.27–3.40) 0.004
Endothelial dysfunction 1.64 (0.92–2.92) 0.09 1.43 (0.78–2.60) 0.247
*

adjusted by either endothelial dysfunction (for MetS) or MetS (for endothelial dysfunction), age, gender, race, diabetes mellitus, LDL level, and current smoking