Table 3.

Incidence Rates and Multivariate-Adjusted Hazard Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) of Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) According to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (ECG-LVH), ARIC and CHS

		ECG-LVH (MN Codes)		ECG-LVH (Cornell Criteria)
		No	Yes	No	Yes
ARIC	n ICH/N at risk	64/12,843	5/236	62/12,817	7/262
	Incidence Rate*	2.9	15.3	2.8	18.2
	Model 1 Hazard Ratio†	1.0	2.77	1.0	3.67
	95% CI	--	1.09–7.06	--	1.64–8.20
	Model 2 Hazard Ratio‡	1.0	2.00	1.0	2.79
	95% CI	--	0.76–5.25	--	1.22–6.41
CHS	n ICH/N at risk	87/4,842	6/234	86/4,814	7/262
	Incidence Rate*	14.5	27.2	14.4	26.5
	Model 1 Hazard Ratio†	1.0	2.02	1.0	1.98
	95% CI	--	0.87–4.68	--	0.91–4.31
	Model 2 Hazard Ratio‡	1.0	1.63	1.0	1.69
	95% CI	--	0.69–3.83	--	0.77–3.71
ARIC + CHS	n ICH/N at risk	151/17,685	11/470	148/17,631	14/524
	Incidence Rate*	5.3	20.1	5.2	21.6
	Model 1 Hazard Ratio†	1.0	2.25	1.0	2.53
	95% CI	--	1.20–4.22	--	1.45–4.43
	Model 2 Hazard Ratio‡	1.0	1.73	1.0	2.07
	95% CI	--	0.91–3.28	--	1.18–3.65

^*Crude incidence rate per 10,000 person-years

^†Adjusted for age (continuous), race (African American, white), current smoking (yes, no), LDL cholesterol (continuous), natural log triglycerides (continuous), and fibrinogen (continuous).

^‡Adjusted for Model 1 variables plus systolic blood pressure (continuous)