Table 2.

Hazard Ratio (HR) and Confidence Interval (CI) for Risk of Incident Stroke Among 3444 Participants from a Sample of African Americans and Whites Aged 65 and Older

	Risk of Incident Stroke
	HR	95% CI	p-value
Cognitive function	1.41	1.25, 1.58	<0.0001
APOE ε4 allele	1.04	0.86, 1.26	0.66
Age	1.05	1.03, 1.07	<0.0001
Males	1.11	0.92, 1.34	0.28
Education	1.00	0.97, 1.03	0.89
African Americans	0.94	0.76, 1.16	0.57
Systolic BP	1.09	1.04, 1.14	0.001
Diastolic BP	0.93	0.85, 1.02	0.13
Heart disease	1.53	1.20, 1.95	0.001
Diabetes	2.01	1.50, 2.71	<0.0001
Former smoker	0.98	0.80, 1.19	0.85
Current smoker	1.61	1.20, 2.14	0.001
Body mass index	1.00	0.98, 1.01	0.87
Physical activity	0.99	0.97, 1.01	0.51
Alcohol consumption	1.01	0.92, 1.10	0.84