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. 2010 May 10;10:235. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-235

Table 1.

CFR (the 1st day) after first incident coronary event in relation to marital status

Married Never married Divorced Widowed
Sex (%) OR Ref. (%) OR (95% CI) (%) OR (95% CI) (%) OR (95% CI)
No. first coronary events men 2091 362 434 45
No. deaths men 486 (23.2) 147 (40.6) 161 (37.1) 16 (35.6)
Mena 1 2.72 (2.14-3.46) 2.15 (1.72-2.69) 1.80 (0.96-3.37)
Mena, b 1 2.56 (1.99-3.29) 2.01 (1.60-2.54) 1.47 (0.78-2.79)
Mena, b, c 1 2.14 (1.63-2.81) 1.91 (1.50-2.43) 1.49 (0.77-2.89)
No. first coronary events women 343 31 104 25
No. deaths women 66 (19.2) 11 (35.5) 28 (26.9) 9 (36.0)
Womena 1 2.31(1.06-5.06) 1.55 (0.93-2.58) 2.36 (1.00-5.58)
Womena, b 1 2.21 (0.98-4.98) 1.78 (1.04-3.07) 2.43 (0.98-6.01)
Womena, b, c 1 2.32 (0.93-5.81) 1.87 (1.04-3.36) 2.74 (1.03-7.28)

Abbreviations: OR, Odds Ratio; CI, confidence interval.

OR calculated after adjustment for age at first coronary eventa and for date of first coronary event, systolic blood pressure, blood pressure medication, diabetes, cholesterol, log triglycerides, body mass index, angina pectoris, smoking, physical inactivity, stressful work, problematic alcohol behaviourb and occupationc. The final model was based on 2772 men (738 deaths) and 437 women (96 deaths) with complete information on all covariates.