Table 2:

Association between diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica and all first vascular events, by follow-up period

Follow-up period	No.	All vascular events, rate per 1000 person-years (95% CI)		Hazard ratio (95% CI)
		PMR	No PMR	Unadjusted	Adjusted*
6 mo	168	47.6 (38.8–60.7)	14.6 (11.9–17.9)	3.3 (2.5–4.5)	3.0 (2.2–4.2)
1 yr	326	45.5 (38.6–53.7)	15.2 (13.2–17.6)	3.0 (2.4–3.7)	2.7 (2.1–3.4)
2 yr	522	41.2 (36.3–46.7)	14.7 (13.2–16.4)	2.8 (2.4–3.3)	2.4 (2.0–2.8)
5 yr	1247	39.6 (36.3–43.1)	14.1 (13.2–15.2)	2.8 (2.5–3.1)	2.4 (2.1–2.7)
10 yr	1892	37.5 (35.0–40.2)	12.9 (12.2–13.8)	2.9 (2.6–3.2)	2.5 (2.3–2.8)
All follow-up periods	2174	36.1 (33.8–38.5)	12.2 (11.6–12.9)	2.9 (2.6–3.2)	2.6 (2.4–2.9)

Note: CI = confidence interval, PMR = polymyalgia rheumatica.

^*Adjusted for age, sex, ever having smoked, and record of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes or giant cell arteritis.