Table 2.

Age-adjusted incidence rates of sudden cardiac death, non-sudden cardiac death, and non-fatal myocardial infarction in tertiles of markers of inflammation and hemostasis, the ARIC cohort study

Marker/Range	Sudden cardiac death (n=207)			Non-sudden cardiac death (n=174)			Non-fatal MI (n=737)
	Events	p-years	IR per 10,000 (95% CI)	Events	p-years	IR per 10,000 (95% CI)	Events	p-years	IR per 10,000 (95% CI)
Von Willebrand factor (%)
<92	33	61,580	6.1 (3.9, 8.2)	32	61,580	6.1 (4.0, 8.3)	210	60,390	36.7 (31.8, 41.7)
92-129	55	59,014	9.4 (6.9, 11.9)	51	59,014	8.6 (6.3, 11.0)	225	57,882	38.0 (33.2, 42.9)
>129	119	56,667	19.8 (16.2, 23.4)	91	56,667	14.9 (11.8, 18.0)	302	55,215	51.1 (45.5, 56.8)
Factor VIIIc (%)
<112	38	62,334	7.0 (4.7, 9.2)	44	62,334	8.2 (5.8, 10.7)	227	61,018	38.7 (33.7, 43.7)
112-141	52	58,986	8.9 (6.5, 11.3)	34	58,986	5.7 (3.8, 7.6)	220	57,922	37.2 (32.4, 42.0)
>141	117	55,941	19.9 (16.2, 23.5)	96	55,941	16.2 (12.9, 19.4)	290	54,547	49.6 (44.0, 55.2)
Fibrinogen (μmol/L)
<7.97	38	62,181	6.7 (4.5, 8.8)	34	62,181	6.2 (4.1, 8.4)	149	61,354	25.1 (21.0, 29.1)
7.97-9.41	45	57,909	7.7 (5.4, 9.9)	47	57,909	8.2 (5.8, 10.5)	250	56,743	43.0 (37.9, 48.2)
>9.41	124	57,171	21.0 (17.3, 24.8)	93	57,171	15.8 (12.6, 19.0)	338	55,390	57.9 (51.9, 63.9)
WBC (x10−6)
≤5.1	54	61,309	9.1 (6.7, 11.5)	27	61,309	4.5 (2.8, 6.2)	169	60,472	27.8 (23.7, 31.9)
5.1-6.1	32	43,872	7.3 (4.8, 9.9)	31	43,872	6.9 (4.5, 9.4)	158	43,075	35.8 (30.4, 41.3)
≥6.1	121	72,081	16.9 (13.9, 20.0)	116	72,081	16.2 (13.3, 19.2)	410	69,941	57.5 (52.1, 62.8)
Albumin (g/L)
<38	120	78,903	14.9 (12.2, 17.5)	107	78,903	13.4 (10.9, 16.0)	351	77,051	44.2 (39.7, 48.7)
38-40	55	52,963	10.7 (7.8, 13.5)	42	52,963	8.0 (5.6, 10.5)	216	51,967	41.2 (35.8, 46.5)
>40	32	45,395	7.1 (4.6, 9.6)	25	45,395	6.0 (3.6, 8.4)	170	44,469	38.7 (32.9, 44.4)