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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2014 Apr 28;130(1):10–17. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005445

Table 4.

Odds ratios*, 95% CI, and p-values for continuous measures of Healthy Lifestyle Factor components predicting Year 20 CAC and Carotid IMT.

HLF component Variable CAC > 0 Common IMT, top 80% Bulb IMT, top 80% Internal IMT, top 80%
Smoking
Y0 Cigarettes/d 1.04 (1.02, 1.05), <0.0001 1.02 (1.01, 1.04), 0.004 1.02 (1.01, 1.04), 0.002 1.01 (1.00, 1.03), 0.05
Y20-Y0 cigarettes/d 1.01 (0.99, 1.03), 0.18 1.01 (1.00, 1.03), 0.14 1.02 (1.00, 1.03), 0.02 1.00 (0.98, 1.02), 0.76
High physical activity
Y0 PA score (per 100 PA units) 1.00 (0.96, 1.04), 0.86 0.98 (0.94, 1.02), 0.33 0.99 (0.96, 1.03), 0.78 0.97 (0.93, 1.01), 0.15
Y20-Y0 PA change (per 100 PA units) 0.99 (0.95, 1.02), 0.43 0.99 (0.96, 1.03), 0.73 0.99 (0.95, 1.02), 0.44 0.96 (0.92, 1.00), 0.04
BMI
Y0 BMI 1.05 (1.03, 1.08), <0.0001 1.10 (1.08, 1.12), <0.0001 1.04 (1.02, 1.06), 0.0002 1.06 (1.04, 1.07), <0.0001
Y20-Y0 BMI 1.01 (0.99, 1.03), 0.50 1.03 (1.01, 1.05), 0.003 0.99 (0.97, 1.01), 0.41 1.02 (1.01, 1.04), 0.006
Alcohol
Y0 alcohol (per 10 g) 1.05 (1.00, 1.11), 0.06 0.97 (0.91, 1.02), 0.22 1.01 (0.95, 1.06), 0.82 0.96 (0.91, 1.02), 0.24
Y20-Y0 alcohol (per 10 g) 1.03 (0.99, 1.07), 0.15 0.96 (0.92, 1.01), 0.15 1.01 (0.96, 1.05), 0.80 1.01 (0.96, 1.06), 0.77
Healthy diet
Y0 diet score 1.01 (0.96, 1.06), 0.68 1.02 (0.97, 1.06), 0.50 0.96 (0.92, 1.00) 0.07 0.98 (0.94, 1.03), 0.44
Y20-Y0 diet score 1.01 (0.96, 1.07), 0.62 1.01 (0.97, 1.05), 0.59 0.95 (0.92, 0.99), 0.02 1.02 (0.98, 1.06), 0.36
*

adjusted for age, sex, race, maximum attained education, Y20 hypertension medication, Y20 cholesterol lowering medication, and Y20 diabetes medication.