Table 2.

Cumulative number of cases and risk by sex and age of different CHD diagnostic categories in 10 years of follow-up (1995-2004).

CHD diagnostic Categories		Males				Females				Total (95%CI)	p
		65-74	75-84	<85	All males (95%CI)	65-74	75-84	<85	All females (95%CI)
Non-fatal definite AMI	No. of events	38	15	3	56	19	14	6	39	95
	%	3.9	3.1	2.3	3.5 (2.6-4.5) p = 0.53	1.5	2.0	2.8	1.8 (1.3-2.5) p = 0.42	2.5 (2.1-3.1)	<0.05
Possible AMI	No. of events	15	8	2	25	10	12	4	26	51
	%	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.6 (1.0-2.3) p = 0.8	0.8	1.7	1.8	1.2 (0.8-1.7) p = 0.142	1.4 (1.0-1.8)	0.05
Sudden death	No. of events	13	14	6	33	2	19	4	25	58
	%	1.3	2.9	4.6	2.1(1.4-2.9) p < 0.05	0.2	2.7	1.8	1.2 (0.7-1.7) p < 0.001	1.6 (1.2-2.0)	<0.001
Fatal and non-fatal definite AMI	No. of events	71	31	12	114	32	32	18	82	196
	%	7.3	6.4	9.2	7.2(6.0-8.5) p = 0.51	2.6	4.6	8.3	3.8(3.0-4.7) p < 0.001	5.3 (4.6-6.0)	<0.001
Ischemic event	No. of events	99	53	20	172	44	63	26	133	305
	%	10.2	10.9	15.4	10.8(9.3-12.3) p = 0.2	3.6	9.1	12	6.2 (5.2-7.3) p < 0.001	8.2 (7.3-9.1)	<0.001
Possible and non- fatal definite AMI	No. of events	53	23	5	81	29	26	10	65	146
	%	5.4	4.7	3.8	5.1(4.0-6.2) p = 0.67	2.4	3.8	4.6	3.0 p = 0.085	3.9 (3.3-4.6)	0.01

CI: Confidence Intervals. "p" represents differences by age and gender. Ischemic event includes all coronary events that

satisfy the criteria for non-fatal definite myocardial infarction or coronary death (fatal definite infarction,

fatal possible infarction, or sudden death)