Table 5.
Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Over a 7.5-Year Period According to Framingham Risk Score and Quartile of Interleukin-6 Level (n = 1,985), Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study, 1997–2007
| FRS and IL-6 Quartile | No. at Risk | No. of Events | Predicted CHD Risk, % |
| <5% | |||
| 1 | 102 | 6 | 4.12 |
| 2 | 73 | 2 | 4.09 |
| 3 | 50 | 7 | 6.27 |
| 4 | 54 | 3 | 7.86 |
| 5%–9.9% | |||
| 1 | 145 | 18 | 4.87 |
| 2 | 99 | 15 | 4.85 |
| 3 | 119 | 13 | 6.84 |
| 4 | 114 | 23 | 9.60 |
| 10%–19.9% | |||
| 1 | 175 | 26 | 7.29 |
| 2 | 207 | 25 | 6.90 |
| 3 | 196 | 37 | 9.98 |
| 4 | 177 | 33 | 13.53 |
| ≥20% | |||
| 1 | 86 | 14 | 9.63 |
| 2 | 130 | 25 | 9.55 |
| 3 | 116 | 25 | 13.12 |
| 4 | 142 | 41 | 18.59 |
Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; FRS, Framingham Risk Score; IL-6, interleukin-6.