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. 2015 Sep 14;10(9):e0137137. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137137

Table 3. Incidence and adjusted hazard ratio for coronary heart diseases stratified by comorbidity for the fibromyalgia cohort and compared with the non-fibromyalgia cohort.

Fibromyalgia Reference
Characteristics Event PY Rate Event PY Rate IRR (95% CI) Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Diabetes
No 6,457 502,818 12.8 11,945 1,545,637 7.73 1.66(1.62–1.70)** 1.51(1.46–1.56)**
Yes 1,823 41,810 43.6 3,217 92,556 34.8 1.25(1.17–1.34)** 1.29(1.22–1.37)**
Hypertension
No 3,898 449,503 8.67 7,561 1,419,868 5.33 1.63(1.59–1.67)** 1.59(1.53–1.66)**
Yes 4,382 95,125 46.1 7,601 218,326 34.8 1.32(1.27–1.38)** 1.34(1.29–1.39)**
Hyperlipidemia
No 5,587 473,821 11.8 11,315 1,509,897 7.49 1.57(1.54–1.61)** 1.50(1.45–1.55)**
Yes 2,693 70,808 38.0 3,847 128,297 30.0 1.27(1.20–1.34)** 1.35(1.29–1.42)**
Congestive heart failure
No 7,982 540,580 14.8 14,615 1,629,147 8.97 1.65(1.61–1.68)** 1.48(1.44–1.52)**
Yes 298 4,049 73.6 547 9,047 60.5 1.22(1.02–1.46)* 1.25(1.08–1.44)*
Cerebral vascular diseases
No 6,812 509,627 13.4 12,994 1,572,683 8.26 1.62(1.58–1.66)** 1.47(1.43–1.52)**
Yes 1,468 35,002 41.9 2,168 65,511 33.1 1.27(1.17–1.37)** 1.40(1.31–1.50)**
Depression
No 7,872 527,718 14.9 14,754 1,613,888 9.14 1.63(1.60–1.67)** 1.46(1.42–1.50)**
Yes 408 16,911 24.1 408 24,305 16.8 1.44(1.25–1.65)** 1.67(1.45–1.90)**
Anxiety
No 7,294 508,421 14.35 14,162 1,595,256 8.88 1.62(1.58–1.65)** 1.47(1.43–1.51)**
Yes 986 36,208 27.23 882 44,312 19.9 1.37(1.24–1.51)** 1.57(1.43–1.72)**

PY, person-year; Rate, incidence rate (per 1,000 person-years); IRR, incidence rate ratio; HR, hazard ratio

Adjusted HR: multiple analysis after adjusting for age, gender, occupation, income and comorbidities

*p<0.05

**p<0.001