Table 3.
Adjusted* hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for incident cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease by sports index categories†, ARIC, 1987–2008.
| Category 1 (Range: 0–1.74) | Category 2 (Range: 1.75–2.24) | Category 3 (Range: 2.25–2.74) | Category 4 (Range: ≥ 2.75) | ||||||
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| # of events/# of participants | Hazard ratios | # of events/# of participants | Hazard ratios | # of events/# of participants | Hazard ratios | # of events/# of participants | Hazard ratios | Ptrend‡ | |
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| Cardiovascular Disease Incidence | |||||||||
| African Americans | |||||||||
| Overall | 229/672 | 1.00 | 401/1351 | 0.74 (0.63, 0.88) | 231/909 | 0.61 (0.51, 0.74) | 172/764 | 0.58 (0.47, 0.72) | <.0001 |
| Male | 88/234 | 1.00 | 160/456 | 0.90 (0.69, 1.18) | 117/358 | 0.75 (0.56, 1.00) | 79/358 | 0.56 (0.41, 0.77) | <.0001 |
| Female | 141/438 | 1.00 | 241/895 | 0.64 (0.51, 0.79) | 114/551 | 0.51 (0.40, 0.66) | 93/406 | 0.61 (0.46, 0.80) | <.0001 |
| Caucasians | |||||||||
| Overall | 259/1148 | 1.00 | 531/2432 | 0.88 (0.76, 1.03) | 501/2501 | 0.80 (0.68, 0.93) | 699/3930 | 0.70 (0.61, 0.82) | <.0001 |
| Male | 117/376 | 1.00 | 281/980 | 0.85 (0.69, 1.06) | 275/1099 | 0.73 (0.59, 0.91) | 470/2118 | 0.69 (0.56, 0.85) | 0.0002 |
| Female | 142/772 | 1.00 | 250/1452 | 0.91 (0.74, 1.12) | 226/1402 | 0.88 (0.71, 1.09) | 229/1812 | 0.69 (0.55, 0.85) | 0.0003 |
| Coronary Heart Disease Incidence | |||||||||
| African Americans | |||||||||
| Overall | 105/672 | 1.00 | 178/1351 | 0.77 (0.60, .99) | 81/909 | 0.49 (0.37, 0.67) | 75/764 | 0.61 (0.44, 0.83) | <.0001 |
| Male | 48/234 | 1.00 | 86/456 | 0.95 (0.65, 1.37) | 46/358 | 0.58 (0.38, 0.88) | 38/358 | 0.54 (0.35, 0.85) | 0.0005 |
| Female | 57/438 | 1.00 | 92/895 | 0.63 (0.45, 0.89) | 35/551 | 0.42 (0.27, 0.64) | 37/406 | 0.68 (0.44, 1.05) | 0.02 |
| Caucasians | |||||||||
| Overall | 115/1148 | 1.00 | 279/2432 | 1.06 (0.85, 1.32) | 254/2501 | 0.94 (0.75, 1.17) | 346/3930 | 0.81 (0.65, 1.01) | 0.003 |
| Male | 57/376 | 1.00 | 166/980 | 1.03 (0.77, 1.40) | 157/1099 | 0.89 (0.66, 1.21) | 254/2118 | 0.79 (0.59, 1.06) | 0.01 |
| Female | 58/772 | 1.00 | 113/1452 | 1.11 (0.80, 1.53) | 97/1402 | 1.05 (0.75, 1.47) | 92/1812 | 0.81 (0.57, 1.13) | 0.09 |
*
Adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol intake, education, `Western' and `Prudent' dietary pattern scores, and hormone therapy use in females. Overall model also adjusted for sex.
†
Physical activity categories were defined per reference (8) for comparison purposes.
‡
Trend across physical activity categories.