Table 3.

Myocardial infarction deaths in females, males and diabetics relative to baseline unbound free fatty acids.

Unbound free fatty acid Quartiles	Quartile1	Quartile2	Quartile3	Quartile4	Total	p Value	p Trend
Non Diabetic Females (n=283):
By day 1	0	1	1	3	5(1.8%)	0.02	0.10
By 7 days	0	1	5	6	12(4.2%)	0.08	0.009
By 30 days	0	2	5	8	15(5.3%)	0.04	0.004
By 3.8 years	1	2	6	8	17(6.0%)	0.1	0.06
Non Diabetic Males (n=1322):
By day 1	1	6	7	6	20(1.5%)	0.9	<0.022
By 7 days	1	6	9	10	26(2.0%)	<0.014	<0.0018
By 30 days	2	7	11	14	34(2.6%)	<0.003	<0.0003
By 3.8 years	3	10	12	17	42(3.2%)	<0.002	<0.0002
Diabetics (n=229):
By day 1	2	0	3	3	8(3.5%)	0.11	0.86
By 7 days	2	0	5	5	12(5.2%)	0.44	0.37
By 30 days	2	1	5	7	15(6.6%)	0.57	0.23
By 3.8 years	2	2	6	7	17(7.4%)	0.79	0.32

Data are numbers of deaths and percent of each subgroup (n). p values were determined by χ² and p trend by the Cochran-Armitage trend test.