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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2008 Jul 9;300(2):197–208. doi: 10.1001/jama.300.2.197

Table 6. 10-year total mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major coronary event rates in men by Framingham Risk Category and Ankle Brachial Index at baseline for all studies combined in the ABI Collaboration.

Ankle Brachial Index: ≤ 0.90 0.91 to 1.10 1.11 to 1.40 >1.40 Overall
Total mortality % (95% CI)
Framingham Risk Category1
1. Lowest (n=5,746) 27.1 (16.0 to 38.2) 11.4 (5.9 to 16.8) 8.3 (5.4 to 11.2) 14.1 (4.2 to 24.0) 10.4 (6.9 to 13.9)
2. (n=4,319) 37.3 (17.8 to 56.9) 15.8 (10.6 to 21.0) 11.3 (8.2 to 14.5) 19.9 (7.5 to 32.4) 13.8 (9.9 to 17.7)
3. (n=3,544) 37.6 (26.1 to 49.1) 19.7 (13.6 to 25.9) 14.2 (9.9 to 18.5) 23.5 (9.5 to 37.6) 17.6 (13.1 to 22.2)
4. (n=5,814) 38.1 (28.5 to 47.8) 23.6 (16.9 to 30.4) 19.2 (14.8 to 23.5) 38.4 (12.3 to 64.6) 23.1 (17.6 to 28.6)
5. Highest (n=5,532) 57.1 (45.4 to 68.9) 36.4 (29.1 to 43.7) 31.0 (25.2 to 36.7) 43.6 (28.1 to 59.1) 38.0 (30.9 to 45.0)
Overall (n=24,955) 46.3 (36.1 to 56.6) 23.0 (15.8 to 30.2) 16.7 (12.4 to 21.0) 29.2 (18.9 to 39.5)
Cardiovascular mortality % (95% CI)
1. Lowest (n=5,746) 4.6 (0.0 to 10.8) 3.1 (0.0 to 6.5) 1.3 (0.5 to 2.0) 2.7 (0.0 to 6.8) 1.6 (0.8 to 2.4)
2. (n=4,319) 17.5 (6.6 to 28.3) 3.5 (1.5 to 5.5) 1.5 (0.7 to 2.3) 8.2 (0.0 to 18.8) 2.3 (1.3 to 3.4)
3. (n=3,544) 11.5 (2.4 to 20.6) 5.1 (3.1 to 7.2) 3.6 (1.9 to 5.2) 8.3 (0.3 to 16.2) 4.4 (2.8 to 6.0)
4. (n=5,814) 14.2 (10.2 to 18.2) 8.0 (5.2 to 10.8) 4.8 (3.3 to 6.4) 5.6 (0.0 to 12.2) 7.3 (5.2 to 9.3)
5. Highest (n=5,532) 27.9 (20.7 to 35.1) 12.5 (8.9 to 16.1) 9.9 (6.8 to 13.1) 10.7 (2.0 to 19.4) 14.0 (10.6 to 17.4)
Overall (n=24,955) 18.7 (13.3 to 24.1) 7.3 (5.0 to 9.6) 4.4 (3.2 to 5.7) 6.9 (2.8 to 11.0)
Major coronary events2 % (95% CI)
1. Lowest (n=5,643) 5.8 (0.0 to 12.7) 3.7 (1.4 to 6.0) 3.4 (2.5 to 4.3) 4.0 (1.1 to 6.8) 3.5 (2.4 to 4.6)
2. (n=4.151) 20.0 (9.6 to 30.4) 5.9 (3.6 to 8.1) 6.8 (5.7 to 8.0) 5.0 (0.7 to 9.3) 7.1 (5.5 to 8.8)
3. (n=3,241) 20.2 (8.0 to 32.3) 10.0 (6.2 to 13.8) 8.7 (6.4 to 11.0) 12.9 (0.0 to 27.8) 10.1 (7.5 to 12.6)
4. (n=4,179) 27.5 (18.5 to 36.6) 14.8 (9.9 to 19.7) 12.6 (9.6 to 15.7) 9.7 (0.0 to 19.7) 15.3 (11.5 to 19.1)
5. Highest (n=4,219) 31.4 (21.9 to 40.8) 20.0 (14.4 to 25.5) 17.6 (12.2 to 23.0) 12.0 (3.6 to 20.3) 21.5 (16.7 to 26.3)
Overall (n=21,433) 26.8 (19.5 to 34.1) 12.9 (9.2 to 16.7) 9.4 (7.4 to 11.4) 7.2 (4.3 to 10.1)
1

Categories of predicted 10-year % incidence of coronary heart disease, including coronary death, myocardial infarction and angina, are based on whole number cutpoints for scores; category 1 = <10%, 2 = 10-14%, 3 = 15-19%, 4 = 20-29%, 5 = ≥ 30%

2

Excluding Health in Men, Hoorn and InCHIANTI studies.

Analysis based on random effects pooling of Kaplan-Meier estimates from the individual studies.