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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 May 3;57(18):1831–1837. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.12.025

Table 2.

Rates and hazards ratios for all-cause mortality in hypertensive men by thirds of muscular strength.

Muscular strength No of deaths (No of participants) Age adjusted rate per 10 000 man-years Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Model 1* Model 2† Model 3‡
Lower 74 (499) 81.8 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
Middle 61 (508) 65.5 0.80 (0.57 to 1.12) 0.81 (0.57 to 1.14) 0.86 (0.60 to 1.21)
Upper 48 (499) 52.0 0.64 (0.44 to 0.91) 0.59 (0.40 to 0.86) 0.66 (0.45 to 0.98)
P for linear trend 0.048 0.02 0.11
*

Adjusted for age.

†

Adjusted for age, physical activity (active or inactive), current smoking, alcohol intake (≥ 5 drinks weekly), body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, diabetes, abnormal electrocardiogram and family history of cardiovascular disease.

‡

Adjusted for age, physical activity (active or inactive), current smoking, alcohol intake (≥ 5 drinks weekly), body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, diabetes, abnormal electrocardiogram, family history of cardiovascular disease and CRF (treadmill test duration in minutes).

CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness.