Table 4.

Adiponectin and vascular death (Hazard Ratio, 95% Confidence Interval), N=410 events

Adiponectin	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Continuous	1.06 (1.04–1.07)	1.01 (1.00–1.03)	1.03 (1.02–1.05)	1.03 (1.01–1.05)
Quartile 1	0.43 (0.33–0.56)	0.88 (0.65–1.18)	0.63 (0.46–0.88)	0.52 (0.35–0.78)
Quartile 2	0.38 (0.29–0.51)	0.73 (0.54–0.99)	0.53 (0.38–0.74)	0.56 (0.38–0.82)
Quartile 3	0.63 (0.50–0.81)	0.91 (0.71–1.17)	0.77 (0.59–1.01)	0.79 (0.56–1.09)
Quartile 4	ref	ref	ref	ref

Model 1: Univariate

Model 2: Adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity

Model 3: Adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, waist circumference, moderate alcohol use, moderate-heavy physical activity, previous cardiac disease history

Model 4: Adjusting for the variables in model 3 + hsCRP (N=2091)