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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Aug 19;19(4):853–860. doi: 10.1038/oby.2010.168

Table 3.

Pooled Hazards Ratios (95% Confidence Intervals) for Incident CVD Events Associated with Abdominal Obesity and Metabolic Status

CHD
Stroke
Total CVD
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(95% CI)



Abdominal Obesity
 Model 1a
  Non-obese (reference) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Obese 1.40 (1.10 -1.79) 1.18 (1.00 – 1.39) 1.33 (1.09 – 1.63)
  P-value <0.01 0.05 <0.01
 Model 1a + Adjustment for Metabolic Status grouping
  Non-obese (reference) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  Obese 1.13 (0.99 – 1.29) 1.00 (0.85 – 1.19) 1.09 (0.98 – 1.20)
  P-value 0.06 0.97 0.12
Metabolic Status
 Model 1a
  Normal (reference) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  1–2 Components 2.20 (1.70 – 2.84) 1.84 (1.34 – 2.52) 2.09 (1.71 – 2.54)
  Metabolic Syndrome 2.92 (1.89 – 4.53) 1.86 (1.29 – 2.64) 2.67 (1.79 – 3.98)
  Diabetes 5.19 (3.22 – 8.36) 4.20 (2.38 – 7.40) 5.14 (3.13 – 7.76)
  P-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Model 1a + Adjustment for Abdominal Obesity
  Normal (reference) 1.00 1.00 1.00
  1–2 Components 2.15 (1.66 – 2.78) 1.86 (1.31 – 2.64) 2.05 (1.68 – 2.50)
  Metabolic Syndrome 2.77 (1.90 – 4.03) 1.86 (1.29 – 2.68) 2.56 (1.78 – 3.69)
  Diabetes 4.90 (3.25 – 7.39) 4.22 (2.35 – 7.59) 4.91 (3.11 – 7.76)
  P-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
a

Adjusted for age, sex, race, education, smoking status, and alcohol intake.