Table 5.

Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis

Covariate	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	P-value
Atherosclerotic disease	7.27	5.75 to 9.20	<0.0001
Hypertension	1.87	1.70 to 2.07	<0.0001
Smoking			0.08
Former smokera	1.16	1.03 to 1.31	0.014
Current smokera	1.03	0.93 to 1.31	0.58
Albuminuria (albumin ≥20 mg/dl)	1.06	1.003 to 1.16	0.037
Baseline LDL cholesterolb	1.11	1.06 to 1.16	<0.0001
Age at first diagnosis of diabetesc	0.93	0.90 to 0.96	<0.0001
Aged	0.86	0.82 to 0.90	<0.0001
Body mass indexe	0.93	0.89 to 0.97	<0.0001

^aIn comparison to never smokers

^bOdds ratio for an increase of 10 mg/dl. For details for modelling baseline LDL levels see text

^cOdds ratio for an increase or a decrease of 10 years from the nadir, 56 years

^dOdds ratio for an increase or a decrease of 10 years from the nadir, 66 years

^eOdds ratio for an increase or a decrease of 5 kg/m² years from the nadir, 31.6 kg/m²