Table 2.

Proportional hazards models of mortality as a function of time

	0-2 years		2-4 years		4-6 years		6-8 years		8-10 years		10-12 years		12-14 years		14-16 years		+16 years
Variables	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*	RR	CI*
Model 1
Diabetes	1.76	1.56-1.98	2.36	1.93-2.89	1.98	1.54-2.55	1.88	1.41-2.50	1.66	1.19-2.32	1.43	0.96-2.15	1.92	1.26-2.91	1.84	1.15-2.93	1.50	0.66-3.40
Model 2
Male gender	1.03	0.94-1.13	1.36	1.15-1.60	1.02	0.85-1.22	1.23	1.01-1.49	1.19	0.97-1.46	1.60	1.26-2.03	1.05	0.82-1.34	1.04	0.80-1.35	1.05	0.71-1.55
Age**	1.86	1.77-1.95	2.02	1.86-2.20	1.90	1.72-2.08	2.08	1.90-2.30	2.08	1.88-2.30	2.12	1.90-2.39	2.14	1.88-2.43	1.99	1.72-2.28	2.12	1.71-2.62
Diabetes	1.57	1.39-1.77	2.21	1.81-2.71	1.87	1.46-2.41	1.86	1.39-2.48	1.67	1.20-2.33	1.49	0.99-2.24	1.97	1.30-3.00	2.00	1.26-3.19	1.69	0.74-3.85
Model 3***
Male gender	0.99	0.89-1.10	1.29	1.08-1.54	1.03	0.85-1.24	1.31	1.07-1.61	1.08	0.87-1.34	1.64	1.27-2.12	1.05	0.80-1.37	1.11	0.82-1.49	0.99	0.64-1.53
Age**	1.45	1.37-1.54	1.71	1.55-1.88	1.69	1.52-1.86	1.88	1.69-2.10	1.90	1.69-2.10	1.99	1.74-2.24	1.97	1.71-2.28	1.90	1.64-2.20	2.14	1.68-2.71
Diabetes	1.19	1.04-1.37	1.92	1.54-2.38	1.66	1.27-2.17	1.57	1.16-2.12	1.34	0.94-1.90	1.40	0.91-2.16	2.09	1.37-3.20	2.13	1.33-3.42	1.86	0.80-4.32

*95% confidence interval

**Risk ratio associated with an increase in age of 10 years.

***Other covariates in model 3: Body mass index, previous AMI, angina pectoris, creatinine, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, wall motion index, systemic hypertension, thrombolytic therapy.