Table 3.

Cox regression model with the primary exposure variable baseline 1+ dipstick proteinuria and the primary outcome variable CVD mortality. Crude, age adjusted, and fully adjusted models. Bangladesh data 2000 to 2013.

	HR (95% C.I.)	P value
Proteinuria
Crude	4.62 (2.38 – 8.97)	< 0.001
Proteinuria
Age Adjusted	4.03 (2.08 – 7.83)	< 0.001
Age	1.135 (1.122 – 1.149)	< 0.001
Proteinuria
Adjusted	3.55 (1.81 – 6.95)	< 0.001
Age	1.108 (1.094 – 1.123)	< 0.001
Sex	1.58 (1.09 – 2.31)	< 0.025
Arsenic Well Water	1.001 (1.000 – 1.002)	= 0.131
Education	0.99 (0.97 – 1.03)	= 0.751
Hypertension	2.39 (1.88 – 3.08)	< 0.001
BMI	1.30 (1.03 – 1.65)	< 0.025
Smoking	1.39 (0.99 – 1.94)	= 0.055
Diabetes	2.47 (1.57 – 3.89)	< 0.001

HR = hazard ratio, BP = blood pressure, dichotomous, BMI = body mass index. Smoking combines ex-smokers and current smokers with referent never smokers. BMI referent is 18.5 – 24.99. Sex referent is female. Arsenic well water concentration is a continuous variable. CVD = cardiovascular disease.

Diabetes means diabetes mellitus.