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Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2012 Jan 10;15(7):1291–1298. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011003284

Table 6.

Summary table for logistic regression odds ratio estimates for 10-year CHD risk by sex, HANDLS study, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2001–2009

Effect	Point estimate	95% CI
Females
BMI^*: obese v. normal weight	1.85	1.16, 2.95
BMI^*: overweight v. normal weight	1.98	1.21, 3.24
Education^†: <HS v. HS+	1.52	1.09, 2.11
CRP^‡: high v. normal	3.04	1.92, 4.82
CRP^‡: moderate v. normal	1.84	1.13, 2.99
Employment: no v. yes	1.38	1.00, 1.90
Ferritin (odds per 100-unit increase)	1.51	1.08, 1.22
Males
BMI^*: obese v. normal weight	2.02	1.47, 2.77
BMI^*: overweight v. normal weight	1.41	1.04, 1.90
Race: white v. African American	1.48	1.16, 1.91
Employment: no v. yes	1.71	1.32, 2.20
CRP^‡: high v. normal	2.13	1.55, 2.91
CRP^‡: moderate v. normal	1.84	1.36, 2.48
Ferritin (odds per 100-unit increase)	1.05	1.02, 1.08

CHD, ‘hard’ CHD (myocardial infarction + CHD death, excludes angina pectoris); HANDLS, Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span; CRP, C-reactive protein.

BMI: normal weight, 18.5–25.0 kg/m²; overweight, 25.0–29.9 kg/m²; obese, ≥30.0 kg/m².

^†

Education: <12 years, some high school or less education (<HS); ≥12 years, high school diploma or general educational development (HS+).

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CRP: normal, <9.5 nmol/l; moderate, 9.5–28.6 nmol/l; high, ≥28.6 nmol/l.