Table 4. Pathogen Burden Operationalized Three Different Ways and Incident Stroke, SALSA (n = 1621), California, 1998–2008.
| Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 3c | ||||
| Pathogen Burden | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Summed Sero-positivity (0–5) | 1.10 | 0.91, 1.33 | 1.04 | 0.85, 1.27 | 1.00 | 0.80, 1.27 |
| Number of Pathogens Eliciting High Antibody Response (0–5) | 1.18 | 1.04, 1.35 | 1.11 | 0.96, 1.30 | 1.04 | 0.87, 1.25 |
| Average IgG Antibody Levels | 1.19 | 0.90, 1.57 | 1.07 | 0.78, 1.46 | 0.86 | 0.58, 1.26 |
CI: Confidence Interval; OR: Odds Ratio; SALSA: Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging;
a
Model 1: unadjusted;
b
Model 2: age, gender, education;
c
Model 3: age, gender, education, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, smoking, coronary heart disease/PAD, BMI, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.