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. 2013 Oct 16;8(10):e77833. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077833

Table 2. Hazard Ratios for future IHD-hospitalisation by self-reported medication use and lifestyle risk factors.

Hazard Ratios (95% CIs) #
No medications Hypertension medications Lipid-lowering medications Both medications Total
Total (n)* 8216 2916 1273 1763 14168
Event (n)* 251 126 61 100 538
Weekly Leisure-Time Physical Activity
None Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
< 150min 0.93 (0.66-1.30) 0.50 (0.31-0.82) 1.02 (0.50-2.04) 0.77 (0.46-1.29) 0.80 (0.64-1.00)
≥150min 0.84 (0.62-1.14) 0.64 (0.42-0.96) 0.81 (0.42-1.59) 0.86 (0.54-1.39) 0.79 (0.64-0.97)
BMI (kg/m2)
< 25 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
25 - 29 1.39 (1.05-1.84) 1.09 (0.70-1.71) 0.80 (0.44-1.48) 1.67 (0.94-2.94) 1.28 (1.04-1.57)
30+ 1.23 (0.85-1.77) 1.19 (0.74-1.91) 1.54 (0.78-3.08) 1.50 (0.82-2.76) 1.31 (1.03-1.66)
Smoking Status
Never Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Ex-smoker 1.14 (0.85-1.53) 1.14 (0.77-1.70) 0.93 (0.52-1.65) 1.25 (0.80-1.95) 1.12 (0.93-1.36)
Current 2.00 (1.41-2.83) 1.48 (0.84-2.62) 1.47 (0.66-3.26) 0.86 (0.40-1.84) 1.57 (1.22-2.03)
Daily Fruit or Vegetable intake
<3 servings Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
≥3 servings 0.76 (0.53-1.09) 0.70 (0.40-1.20) 0.54 (0.25-1.17) 0.89 (0.45-1.75) 0.74 (0.58-0.96)
Weekly Sedentary Activity
<10hr Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
10-14hr 0.91 (0.63-1.31) 1.15 (0.66-2.01) 0.87 (0.37-2.04) 0.88 (0.47-1.67) 0.95 (0.73-1.23)
15-21 1.10 (0.77-1.56) 1.20 (0.69-2.07) 1.18 (0.54-2.59) 0.85 (0.46-1.58) 1.09 (0.83-1.38)
22+ 1.08 (0.75-1.56) 0.83 (0.47-1.47) 1.26 (0.58-2.75) 0.94 (0.52-1.71) 1.01 (0.78-1.30)

* Numbers differ to Table 1 due to exclusion of any missing values in the Cox regression analyses.

# Cox model includes age, sex, smoking status, Charlson index, leisure-time physical activity, sedentary activity level, body mass index, daily fruit and vegetable intake, survey year, diabetes hospitalisation (within 5 yrs prior survey date).