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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Sep 3;2(5):447–454. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.05.008

Figure 2. Risk of incident heart failure according to ABI and risk factors for heart failure.

Figure 2

Reference ABI for hazard ratios = 1.01–1.40. CHD = coronary heart disease, HTN = hypertension, DM = diabetes mellitus, BMI = body mass index. Hazard ratios adjusted for age, sex, race, center, coronary heart disease, anti-hypertensive medication use, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, smoking status, and heart rate. Significant interactions are shown in red: sex (p <0.001), BMI (p = 0.001), and smoker (p <0.001).