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. 2014 Jan 15;171(1):49–55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.043

Table 3.

Adiposity measures, muscle mass, adipokines, NT-proBNP and age-adjusted hazards ratio (95%CI) total mortality in men with no CHD or HF, men with CHD (no HF) and in men with HF.

Men with no CHD or HF (n = 3174) Men with CHD and no HF (n = 860) Men with HF (n = 86)
Mortality rate/1000 per-yrs 28.7 49.3 90.1
BMI (kg/m2) N No of cases Age-adjusted N No of cases Age-adjusted N No of cases Age-adjusted
< 25 990 304 1.00 229 119 1.00 23 19 1.00
25–29.9 1698 446 0.88 (0.76,1.02) 440 178 0.74 (0.58,0.93) 45 29 0.52 (0.29,0.94)
30 + 486 154 1.17 (0.97,1.42) 191 81 0.88 (0.67,1.75) 18 10 0.47 (0.22,1.01)
p-trend P = 0.43 P = 0.25 P = 0.04
WC
< 94 1246 346 1.00 288 141 1.00 27 20 1.00
94–102 1057 280 0.99 (0.85,1.16) 287 114 0.81 (0.63,1.04) 28 17 0.51 (0.26,0.99)
> 102 871 278 1.23 (1.05,1.44) 285 123 1.00 (0.78,1.28) 31 21 0.63 (0.34,1.18)
p-trend P = 0.02 P = 0.67 P = 0.23



Muscle Mass
(MAMC)
1 (low) 1057 398 1.00 287 158 1.00 30 21 1.00
2 1060 273 0.76 (0.65,0.88) 286 113 0.74 (0.54, 0.94) 27 17 1.16 (0.60, 2.26)
3 (high) 1057 233 0.71 (0.60,0.83) 287 107 0.76 (0.59, 0.98) 29 20 0.88 (0.48, 1.64)
p-Trend P < 0.0001 P = 0.03 P = 0.68



Leptin
1 (low) 980 358 1.00 258 110 1.00 27 22 1.00
2 961 298 0.99 (0.84, 1.18) 252 108 1.11 (0.85,1.45) 26 15 0.49 (0.26,0.95)
3 (high) 966 165 1.21 (1.03,1.43) 254 122 1.40 (1.08,1.81) 27 16 0.35 (0.18,0.68)
p-Trend P = 0.02 P = 0.01 P = 0.002



Adiponectin
1 (low) 1010 234 1.00 269 106 1.00 28 14 1.00
2 1011 276 1.13 (0.95,1.34) 268 112 0.98 (0.75,1.29) 27 19 1.60 (0.80,3.22)
3 (high) 1012 352 1.27 (1.07, 1.51) 269 139 1.19 (0.92,1.54) 27 21 2.30 (1.17,4. 50)
p-trend P = 0.005 P = 0.18 P = 0.02



NT-proBNP
1 (low) 951 170 1.00 252 73 1.00 25 12 1.00
2 942 224 1.09 (0.89,1.34) 251 98 1.26 (0.93,1.71) 26 18 1.24 (0.58,2.65)
3 (high) 951 408 1.82 (1.50,2.20) 253 165 2.38 (1.78,3.18) 25 20 2.75 (1.32,5.72)
p-trend P < 0.0001 P < 0.0001 P = 0.001

p-trend — test for trend across groups.