Table 1.

Age and Sex Adjusted Hazard Ratios for Vascular Events by Increasing Strata of Each Lipid Variable

	Quintile of TG/HDL-C ratio
	1 (≤1.93; n=677)	2 (1.94–2.86; n=678)	3 (2.87–4.05; n=676)	4 (4.06−6.21; n=677)	5 (≥6.22; n=677)
Stroke	1 [Reference]	1.23 (0.83−1.81)	1.22 (0.82−1.80)	0.98 (0.64−1.48)	1.68 (1.16−2.45)†
Stroke/CHD/vascular death	1 [Reference]	1.06 (0.80−1.39)	1.16 (0.86−1.51)	1.01 (0.76−1.33)	1.57 (1.21−2.03)†
	Quintile of TC/HDL-C ratio
	1 (≤3.50; n=689)	2 (3.51–4.20; n=688)	3 (4.21–4.98; n=689)	4 (4.99−5.97; n=686)	5 (≥5.98; n=688)
Stroke	1 [Reference]	0.90 (0.61−1.33)	1.20 (0.83−1.74)	1.04 (0.70−1.53)	1.35 (0.93−1.95)
Stroke/CHD/vascular death	1 [Reference]	0.95 (0.72−1.25)	1.02 (0.78−1.34)	1.19 (0.91−1.55)	1.51 (1.17−1.95)†
	Quintile of LDL-C/HDL-C ratio
	1 (≤1.92; n=686)	2 (1.93–2.48; n=668)	3 (2.49–3.04; n=677)	4 (3.05−3.80; n=677)	5 (≥3.81; n=675)
Stroke	1 [Reference]	0.98 (0.67−1.44)	1.11 (0.76−1.62)	1.05 (0.72−1.55)	1.20 (0.82−1.74)
Stroke/CHD/vascular death	1 [Reference]	1.06 (0.81−1.38)	0.94 (0.72−1.24)	1.12 (0.86−1.47)	1.31 (1.01−1.70)*
	Quintile of non-HDL-C
	1 (≤120; n=709)	2 (121–143; n=682)	3 (144–164; n=695)	4 (165−190; n=675)	5 (≥191; n=679)
Stroke	1 [Reference]	0.94 (0.65−1.36)	0.87 (0.60−1.26)	1.00 (0.70−1.44)	1.01 (0.70−1.45)
Stroke/CHD/vascular death	1 [Reference]	0.98 (0.76−1.27)	0.86 (0.66−1.12)	0.99 (0.76−1.28)	1.28 (0.99−1.64)

^*P <0.05,

^†P <0.01.

TG indicates triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CHD, coronary heart disease.