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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Dec;10(12):e006776. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.006776

Table 2.

Cox proportional hazards regression models for association of high (>90th percentile cutpoint) aortic diameter with incident cardiovascular disease events.

Unadjusted Model Model 1* Model 2 Model 3
HR
(95% CI)
P-value Interaction by sex
P-value
HR
(95% CI)
P-value Interaction by sex
P-value
HR
(95% CI)
P-value Interaction by sex
P-value
HR
(95% CI)
P-value Interaction by sex
P-value
AA 1.51
(1.03–2.23)
0.04 0.08 1.36
(0.92–2.00)
0.12 0.96 1.33
(0.90–1.98)
0.15 0.72 1.34
(0.90–1.99)
0.14 0.71
DTA 2.05
(1.44–2.93)
<.001 0.18 1.45
(1.01 – 2.07)
0.04 0.53 1.36
(0.94–1.97)
0.10 0.88 1.39
(0.96–2.01)
0.08 0.42
IRA 2.22
(1.53–3.21)
<.001 0.13 1.74
(1.20–2.52)
0.004 0.79 1.57
(1.06–2.32)
0.02 0.76 1.59
(1.08–2.35)
0.02 0.66
LAA 1.73
(1.15–2.60)
0.009 0.57 1.43
(0.95–2.16)
0.08 0.005 1.53
(1.00–2.34)
0.05 0.29 1.56
(1.02–2.38)
0.04 0.07
*

Model 1= Adjusted for age and sex

Model 2= Adjusted for Model 1 + systolic BP, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, hypertension treatment, current smoking, and diabetes

Model 3= Adjusted for Model 2 + Coronary artery calcium

AA=ascending thoracic aorta; DTA=descending thoracic aorta; IRA=infrarenal abdominal aorta; LAA=lower abdominal aorta