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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2011 Jul 25;171(19):1703–1709. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.328

Table 2.

Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death among Women with Coronary Artery Disease

Complete HERS Cohort (N=2,763) LVEF Sub-cohort (N=1,773)
Cox Model Fine-Gray Model Cox Model
RR (95%CI) P value RR (95%CI) P value RR (95%CI) P value
Non-use of alcohol 1.42 (0.94–2.15) 0.093 1.43 (0.93 – 2.17) 0.101 - -
Prior Myocardial Infarctions
1 1.13 (0.77 – 1.65) 0.539 1.12 (0.77 –1.64) 0.540 0.92 (0.56 – 1.50) 0.735
>1 2.13 (1.32 – 3.44) 0.002 1.91 (1.18 – 3.08) 0.008 1.75 (0.95 – 3.26) 0.075
Congestive Heart Failure 2.15 (1.49 – 3.11) <0.001 2.10 (1.47 – 3.00) <0.001 2.49 (1.59 – 3.90) <0.001
Estimated GFR (eGFR)
 <40 ml/min 1.96 (1.18 – 3.23) 0.009 1.79 (1.09 –2.90) 0.020 1.99 (1.06 – 3.74) 0.031
 40–60 ml/min 0.92 (0.59 – 1.45) 0.722 0.91 (0.58 – 1.42) 0.675 0.91 (0.52 – 1.61) 0.754
Atrial fibrillation 1.92 (1.02 – 3.61) 0.042 1.86 (0.94 – 3.67) 0.059 4.49 (2.32 – 8.68) <0.001
Physical Inactivity 1.61 (1.04 – 2.50) 0.035 1.54 (0.98 – 2.38) 0.060 - -
Diabetes 1.52 (1.06 – 2.17) 0.022 1.44 (1.00 – 2.06) 0.049 1.60 (1.04 – 2.47) 0.033
LVEF
 40–50% - - - - 1.22 (0.68 – 2.19) 0.501
 35–39% - - - - 2.90 (1.59 – 5.29) 0.001
 < 35% - - - - 2.78 (1.48 – 5.23) 0.001
Left Bundle Branch Block - - - - 1.54 (0.96 – 2.47) 0.071