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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2013 Dec 18;129(3):e28–e292. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000441139.02102.80

Table 7-1.

OR for Combinations of Parental Heart Attack History

OR (95% CI)
No family history 1.00
One parent with heart attack ≥50 y of age 1.67 (1.55–1.81)
One parent with heart attack <50 y of age 2.36 (1.89–2.95)
Both parents with heart attack ≥50 y of age 2.90 (2.30–3.66)
Both parents with heart attack, one <50 y of age 3.26 (1.72–6.18)
Both parents with heart attack, both <50 y of age 6.56 (1.39–30.95)

CI indicates confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

Data derived from Chow et al.4