Table 8.
Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the presence of a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in men and women
| |
Univariate |
Multivariate (n, men = 180, n, women = 229) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | 95% CI | P value | RR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Diabetes (present vs. absent) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
2.7 |
1.1-6.3 |
0.024 |
3.1 |
1.2-8.0 |
0.018 |
| Women |
5.4 |
2.5-11.6 |
<0.001 |
4.3 |
2.0-9.4 |
<0.001 |
| Family history pre-mature CVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
2.0 |
1.2-3.2 |
0.009 |
2.1 |
1.3-3.6 |
0.004 |
| Women |
1.4 |
0.8-2.6 |
0.235 |
- |
- |
- |
| HDL-C (mmol L-1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
0.3 |
0.1-0.8 |
0.014 |
0.3 |
0.1-0.8 |
0.022 |
| Women |
0.5 |
0.2-1.1 |
0.066 |
- |
- |
- |
| Smoking (ever vs. never) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
1.2 |
0.7-2.0 |
0.441 |
- |
- |
- |
| Women |
2.9 |
1.6-5.3 |
0.001 |
2.5 |
1.4-4.7 |
0.003 |
| Lp (a) (high vs. low)* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Men |
1.1 |
0.5-2.2 |
0.814 |
- |
- |
- |
| Women | 2.8 | 1.4-5.3 | 0.002 | 2.8 | 1.4-5.3 | 0.003 |
*:Lp (a) analysis carried out on the 123 male FH patients with Lp (a) data available and 161 female FH patients with Lp (a) data.