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. 2017 May 18;6(5):e005795. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.005795

Table 5.

Evaluation of the Potential Interaction of CaM With Sex, Age, and Baseline Cardiovascular Risk on the Risk of Nonfatal Ischemic Stroke

Current Use of CaM Cases (%) n=2690 Controls (%) n=19 538 Nonadjusted ORa (95% CI) Adjusted ORb (95% CI)
Sex
Male 13 (0.93) 45 (0.44) 2.09 (1.12–3.89) 1.77 (0.92–3.42)
Female 37 (2.87) 248 (2.67) 1.08 (0.76–1.54) 1.04 (0.73–1.50)
Test for interaction, P=0.164
Age
<70 y 11 (1.20) 71 (1.06) 1.13 (0.59–2.15) 1.11 (0.56–2.21)
≥70 y 39 (2.20) 222 (1.73) 1.28 (0.91–1.81) 1.19 (0.84–1.70)
Test for interaction, P=0.860
Cardiovascular risk
Low‐intermediate 28 (1.91) 219 (1.57) 1.23 (0.82–1.83) 1.09 (0.73–1.64)
High 22 (1.80) 74 (1.32) 1.34 (0.83–2.18) 1.21 (0.73–2.00)
Test for interaction, P=0.752

CaM indicates calcium supplements as monotherapy; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

a

Adjusted only for matching factors (age, sex, and calendar year).

b

Adjusted for matching factors and for the variables described in Methods and Table 1.