Table 2.
Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for incident, clinical abdominal aortic
| Quintiles of plasma lipoprotein(a) level (median, range μg/mL)
|
p for trend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 (1–19) | 29 (20–43) | 62 (44–86) | 125 (87–173) | 246 (174–817) | ||
| No. at risk | 2,813 | 2,659 | 2,735 | 2,731 | 2,745 | |
| Person-years | 56,518 | 53,977 | 55,205 | 54,032 | 53,184 | |
| Cases | 96 | 100 | 103 | 87 | 119 | |
| Model 1 | 1 | 1.10 (0.83–1.45) | 1.19 (0.90–1.57) | 1.06 (0.79–1.42) | 1.63 (1.24–2.13) | 0.002 |
| Model 2 | 1 | 1.04 (0.79–1.38) | 1.15 (0.87–1.52) | 1.04 (0.78–1.40) | 1.57 (1.19–2.08) | 0.004 |
ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, and race/ARIC field center.
Model 2: adjusted for Model 1 factors + height, weight, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and hormone replacement therapy use.