. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 20.

Published in final edited form as: J Thromb Haemost. 2014 Apr;12(4):564–570. doi: 10.1111/jth.12507

Table 5.

Association of ABO Blood Type with Stroke Stratified by Diabetes Status^*

Blood Type^†	Diabetes (HR, 95% CI) (Incident Strokes = 173)	No Diabetes (HR, 95% CI) (Incident Strokes = 449)
A	1.33 (0.72, 2.45)	1.10 (0.80, 1.52)
B	1.11 (0.51, 2.45)	1.31 (0.83, 2.05)
AB	0.49 (0.17, 1.44)	3.33 (1.61, 6.88)
O	Reference	Reference

Adjusted for Covariates in Model 2: Age, sex, race, region, age*race, systolic blood pressure, taking antihypertensive medications, diabetes, current smoking, cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation, and left ventricular hypertrophy (Framingham Stroke Risk Factors)