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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Lipidol. 2011 Nov 7;6(1):58–65. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2011.10.019

TABLE 3.

Absolute risk over 9-years, parameter estimates and hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for categorized cholesterol control, blood pressure control, smoking, and aspirin use, and HDL-C for the combined outcome of any CVD*

Risk Factor/Treatment Absolute risk of any CVD event over 9 years (95% CI) Age-adjusted (n=4182) Model 1 (n=4182) Model 2 (n=4164)
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Cholesterol-modifying therapy = No
 Non-HDL<130 mg/dL (n=728, 17.4%) 22.4% (19.5–25.6) Reference Reference Reference
 Non-HDL≥130 mg/dL (n=2865, 68.5%) 29.1% (27.4–30.8) 1.52 (1.28–1.80) 1.50 (1.26–1.78) 1.44 (1.21–1.72)
Cholesterol-modifying therapy = Yes
 Non-HDL<130 mg/dL (n=93, 2.2%) 24.7% (17.1–34.3) 1.37(0.89–2.13) 1.31 (0.84–2.03) 1.33 (0.85–2.06)
 Non-HDL≥130 mg/dL (n=496, 11.9%) 30.7% (26.7–34.8) 1.85 (1.48–2.32) 1.73 (1.38–2.18) 1.65(1.31–2.07)
Antihypertensive therapy = No
 Blood pressure <140/<90 mmHg (n=2251, 53.8%) 23.3% (21.6–25.1) Reference Reference Reference
 Blood pressure ≥140/or ≥90 mmHg (n=677, 16.2%) 31.6% (28.2–35.2) 1.34 (1.14–1.57) 1.31 (1.12–1.54) 1.30(1.09–1.50)
Antihypertensive therapy = Yes
 Blood pressure <140/<90 mmHg (n=572, 13.7%) 30.8% (27.1–34.7) 1.40(1.18–1.66) 1.34 (1.12–1.59) 1.31 (1.10–1.56)
 Blood pressure ≥140/or ≥90 mmHg (n=682, 16.3%) 37.7% (34.1–41.4) 1.70 (1.46–1.97) 1.69 (1.45–1.96) 1.64 (1.4201.90)
Smoking=No (n=4037, 96.5%) 27.4% (26.0–28.8) Reference Reference Reference
Smoking=Yes (n=145, 3.5%) 45.5% (37.6–53.6) 2.29 (1.79–2.94) 2.24 (1.75–2.88) 2.26 (1.76–2.89)
Aspirin=Yes (n=2046, 48.9%) 29.3% (27.3–31.3) Reference Reference Reference
Aspirin=No (n=2136, 51.1%) 26.8% (25.0–28.7) 1.22(1.09–1.37) 1.16(1.03–1.30) 1.16 (1.03–1.31)
HDL-C ≥40 mg/dL (n=2367, 56.6%) 25.1% (23.3–26.9) Reference Reference Reference
HDL-C <40 mg/dL (n=1815, 43.4%) 31.9% (29.7–34.0) 0.38 1.46 (1.30–1.64) 1.36 (1.21–1.53)

CVD = Cardiovascular disease

HDL-C = High-density lipoprotein cholesterol

*

Includes cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, angina, revascularizations, non-fatal stroke, transient ischemic attack, carotid artery surgery, and other peripheral vascular disease surgery).

Model 1 includes age, categorized cholesterol control, categorized blood pressure control, smoking, and aspirin use.

Model 2 includes covariates in Model 1 plus body mass index, physical activity, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol