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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2016 Mar;47(3):659–667. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.012166

Table 4. Risk of Major Vascular Event Unadjusted and Adjusted by Potential Confounders.

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
HR (95%) p HR (95%) p HR (95%) p HR (95%) p
IL6 continuous (per SD=11.98) 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 0.01 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 0.003 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 0.008 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 0.017
IL6 0.23 0.21 0.33 0.32
 Quartile 1 (Referent) -- -- -- --
 Quartile 2 1.23[0.72,2.08] 0.79[0.43,1.46] 0.81[0.43,1.50] 0.82[0.44,1.53]
 Quartile 3 1.03[0.60,1.78] 1.37[0.80,2.37] 1.32[0.75,2.31] 1.33[0.76,2.33]
 Quartile 4 0.88[0.50,1.57] 1.32[0.76,2.30] 1.27[0.72,2.27] 1.32[0.74,2.34]
MCP1 continuous (per SD=127.93) 1.1 (0.89, 1.3) 0.42 1.1 (0.92, 1.4) 0.23 1.1 (0.88, 1.4) 0.64 1.1 (0.89 1.3) 0.79
MCP1 0.347 0.56 0.55 0.47
 Quartile 1 (Referent) -- -- -- --
 Quartile 2 0.71[0.37,1.36] 0.77 [0.39,1.52] 0.72[0.36,1.45] 0.73 [0.36,1.48]
 Quartile 3 0.84[0.45,1.57] 0.91 [0.47,1.77] 0.87[0.44,1.70] 0.92[0.47,1.82]
 Quartile 4 1.16[0.65,2.07] 1.22 [0.66,2.27] 1.16[0.62,2.18] 1.25[0.67,2.37]
SAA continuous (per SD=22.6) 1.1 (0.95, 1.2) 0.27 1.1 (0.95, 1.2) 0.26 1.1 (0.95 1.2) 0.27 1.1 (0.96, 1.2) 0.19
SAA 0.34 0.31 0.20 0.19
 Quartile 1 (Referent) -- -- -- --
 Quartile 2 0.70[0.39,1.23] 0.70 [0.40,1.25] 0.64[0.351.14] 0.63 [0.35,1.13]
 Quartile 3 0.78[0.45,1.36] 0.78 [0.45,1.37] 0.76[0.43,1.35] 0.75[0.42,1.33]
 Quartile 4 1.10[0.67,1.83] 1.14 [0.68,1.92] 1.12[0.66,1.90] 1.11[0.66,1.89]
TNFR1 continuous (per SD=1.46) 1.2 (1.1 1.4) 0.002 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) 0.003 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 0.017 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 0.01
TNFR 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.05
 Quartile 1 (Referent) -- -- -- --
 Quartile 2 0.92[0.47,1.78] 0.89 [0.46,1.72] 0.78[0.39,1.54] 0.78 [0.39,1.55]
 Quartile 3 1.66[0.93,2.97] 1.59 [0.89,2.86] 1.50[0.83,2.70] 1.55[0.86, 2.80]
 Quartile 4 1.99[1.13,3.51] 1.98 [1.11,3.52] 1.66[0.92,2.99] 1.68[0.93,3.04]
CD40L continuous (per SD=4.39) 0.99 (0.81, 1.2) 0.93 1.0 (0.85, 1.3) 0.67 1.0 (0.81, 1.3) 0.94 0.99 (0.80, 1.2) 0.99
CD40L 0.70 0.88 0.65 0.62
 Quartile 1 (Referent) -- -- -- --
 Quartile 2 1.23[0.72,2.08] 1.20[0.70,2.04] 1.31[0.76,2.25] 1.29[0.75,2.22]
 Quartile 3 1.03[0.60,1.78] 1.07[0.61,1.86] 1.09[0.62,1.92] 1.12[0.63,1.97]
 Quartile 4 0.88[0.50,1.57] 0.97[0.53,1.76] 0.91[0.49,1.70] 0.88[0.47,1.63]
  1. Unadjusted
  2. Adjusted for Demographics (Age, Sex, Race, Region)
  3. Adjusted for Demographics (Age, Sex, Race, Region) and Co-morbidities (Hypertension, Smoking, History of Prior Ischemic Stroke, Diabetes, LDL and HDL)
  4. Adjusted for Demographics (Age, Sex, Race, Region) Co-morbidities (Hypertension, Smoking, History of Prior Ischemic Stroke, Diabetes, Low Density Lipoprotein and High Density Lipoprotein) and Statin use at baseline