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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Mar 26;61(21):2169–2179. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.047

Table 3.

Relative risks and 95% confidence intervals for peripheral artery disease according to level of Lp(a).

WOMEN
Per 1 SD
increase (28.8)
Tertile
1 2 3
Range (mg/dL) 0.1-8.4 8.5-35.0 35.1-144.6
No. Cases 144 35 37 72
Model 1 1.57 (1.33-1.86) 1.0 (ref) 1.04 (0.62-1.75) 2.64 (1.64-4.26)
Model 2 1.54 (1.28-1.85) 1.0 (ref) 1.11 (0.64-1.94) 2.76 (1.64-4.67)
Model 3 1.52 (1.24-1.87) 1.0 (ref) 1.37 (0.72-2.59) 2.91 (1.58-5.36)

MEN

Per 1 SD
increase (22.8)
Tertile
1 2 3
Range (mg/dL) 0.1-2.4 2.5-12.0 12.1-129.1
No. Cases 143 31 52 60
Model 1 1.29 (1.09-1.52) 1.0 (ref) 1.88 (1.13-3.13) 2.51 (1.49-4.21)
Model 2 1.27 (1.05-1.53) 1.0 (ref) 1.27 (0.73-2.22) 1.91 (1.08-3.39)
Model 3 1.24 (1.00-1.53) 1.0 (ref) 1.20 (0.64-2.25) 1.59 (0.84-3.00)

POOLED

Model 3 1.36 (1.18-1.57) 1.0 (ref) 1.28 (0.82-2.00) 2.18 (1.40-3.39)

Model 1: adjusted for matching factors (age, race (women only), month of blood draw, fasting status, and smoking).

Model 2: adjusted for matching factors, triglycerides, HDL-C, LDL-C, hsCRP, and HbA1c.

Model 3: adjusted for matching factors, triglycerides, HDL-C, LDL-C, hsCRP, HbA1c, parental history of MI before age 60, pack-years of smoking, physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, BMI, aspirin use and postmenopausal hormone use (women only).