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. 2015 May 4;10(5):e0125342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125342

Table 2. Adjusted Hazard Ratios for CVD Hospitalisation in Adulthood in Relation to Number of Infection-Related Childhood Hospitalisations.

% [N] Model a Model b
Cases Controls HR (95% CI) 1 P-value HR (95% CI) 2 P-value
Number of childhood hospitalisations with infection
0 55.0 [347] 70.9 [4474] 1 - - -
1 18.1 [114] 19.6 [1237] 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 0.9 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 0.9
2 8.7 [55] 4.9 [311] 1.7 (1.3–2.3) <0.001 1.7 (1.3–2.3) <0.001
3+ 19.5 [115] 4.6 [288] 2.2 (1.7–2.9) <0.001 2.2 (1.7–2.8) <0.001

1 Model a: Hazard Ratios adjusted for year of birth, sex and Indigenous status

2 Model b: Hazard Ratios adjusted for year of birth, sex, Indigenous status and trauma-related childhood hospitalisation