Table 4.

Risk for cardiovascular outcomes or cardiovascular mortality

	HR [95% CI] adjusted for gender, age, SBP, DM2 incidence, major or minor ECG abnormalities and smoking	P -value	Crude HR [95% CI]	P -value
Major or minor ECG abnormalities	0.97 [0.49 -1.90]	0.923	1.33 [0.69 - 2.54]	0.387
Gender (Male)	1.08 [0.59 - 1.96]	0.804	1.18 [0.73 - 1.90]	0.491
Age	1.07 [1.03 - 1.12]	0.002	1.07 [1.02 - 1.11]	0.003
SBP	1.01 [1.00 - 1.03]	0.053	1.02 [1.00 - 1.03]	0.022
DM incidence	1.97 [1.21 - 3.20]	0.006	2.08 [1.30 - 3.30]	0.003
Smoking	1.98 [1.06 - 3.70]	0.032	1.71 [1.05 - 2.80]	0.033

LVH, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy; HR: Hazard Ratio; SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure; DM: Type 2 Diabetis; CI, confidence interval.

Hazard ratios were estimated using proportional hazards (Cox) regression modeling with major or minor electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities.