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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2015 Apr 14;46(5):1365–1367. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008447

Table 2. Premature ventricular complexes and risk of ischemic stroke.

PVCs Participants (n) Events (n) Model 1* Model 2 Model 3
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Absent 23045 532 Reference Reference Reference
Present 1415 59 1.40 (1.07, 1.83) 1.39 (1.06, 1.82) 1.38 (1.05, 1.81)

PVCs = Premature ventricular complexes, HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

*

Adjusted for age, sex, race, geographic region, and education level

Adjusted for model 1 covariates plus, prior heart disease, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medication, left ventricular hypertrophy by ECG, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, current smoking

Adjusted for model 2 covariates plus, use of warfarin and aspirin