Table 3.
Risk of cardiovascular events based on the quartiles of FFAs (first quartile as reference)
| Quartile 1 (≤0.30,n = 403) |
Quartile 2 (0.31–0.40,n = 364) |
Quartile 3 (0.41–0.53,n = 391) |
Quartile 4 (>0.53,n = 348) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident cases | 28 | 31 | 38 | 49 |
| P value | - | 0.63 | 0.16 | 0.001 |
| Person-years | 1138.92 | 1024.78 | 1138.51 | 987.50 |
| Incidence/100 person-years | 2.46 | 3.03 | 3.34 | 4.96 |
| P value | - | 0.25 | 0.03 | <0.001 |
| Univariate | 1.00 (Ref.) | 1.24(0.74–2.06) | 1.42 (0.87–2.32) | 2.09(1.32–3.33) |
| P value | - | 0.41 | 0.16 | 0.002 |
| Model 1a | 1.00 (Ref.) | 1.26(0.75–2.09) | 1.15 (0.88–2.33) | 2.06 (1.29–3.27) |
| P value | - | 0.38 | 0.15 | 0.002 |
| Model 2b | 1.00 (Ref.) | 1.20(0.72–2.01) | 1.29(0.79–2.13) | 1.82(1.13–2.93) |
| P value | - | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.014 |
| Model 3c | 1.00 (Ref.) | 1.16(0.69–1.96) | 1.30(0.79–2.15) | 1.80 (1.11–2.94) |
| P value | - | 0.58 | 0.31 | 0.018 |
HRs Hazard ratios, CI Confidence interval
aAdjusted for age and sex
bAdditionally adjusted for hypertension, diabetes, body mass index, current smoking, and family history of coronary artery disease
cAdditionally adjusted for hemoglobinA1c, total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, and cardiac Troponin I