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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2017 Dec 19;154(5):1290–1297.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2017.12.006

TABLE 4.

RISK OF ISCHEMIC STROKE AND REGULAR PPI USE BY STRATA

NON-USER REGULAR PPI USER PINTERACTION
CASES/PERSON-YEARS NHS+HPFS MULTIVARIABLE HR (95% CI) CASES/PERSON-YEARS NHS+HPFS MULTIVARIABLE HR (95% CI)
AGE (YEARS)

≤65 160/266,802 1 (Ref.) 31/39,949 1.27 (0.81–2.00) 0.90
>65 876/540,040 1 (Ref.) 194/102,540 1.06 (0.89–1.27)

BMI (kg2/m2)

<30 843/653,970 1 (Ref.) 162/106,854 0.98 (0.81–1.19) 0.43
≥30 193/152,871 1 (Ref.) 63/35,636 1.55 (1.10–2.19)

REGULAR ASPRIN USE

NO 552/475,719 1 (Ref.) 105/80,488 0.97 (0.77–1.24) 0.16
YES 484/331,122 1 (Ref.) 120/62,002 1.16 (0.92–1.46)

CORONARY HEART DISEASE

NO 942/767,318 1 (Ref.) 193/132,774 1.03 (0.86, 1.23) 0.45
YES 94/39,523 1 (Ref.) 32/9,715 1.56 (0.79–3.11)

HYPERTENSION

NO 272/359,117 1 (Ref.) 48/44,872 1.19 (0.80–1.76) 0.69
YES 764/447,724 1 (Ref.) 177/97,619 1.06 (0.88–1.27)

DIABETES

NO 858/721,936 1 (Ref.) 169/122,931 0.98 (0.81–1.19) 0.10
YES 178/84,904 1 (Ref.) 56/19,559 1.57 (1.07–2.29)

HYPERLIPIDEMIA

NO 313/275,612 1 (Ref.) 41/32,953 1.03 (0.71–1.49) 0.39
YES 723/531,229 1 (Ref.) 184/109,536 1.09 (0.91–1.31)

Multivariable model adjusted for age (continuous), smoking status (never <5, 5–20, 20–40, >40 pack-years), alcohol intake (g/day, continuous), body-mass index (continuous), physical activity (metabolic-equivalent task/week, continuous), Alternative Healthy Eating Index scores (continuous), menopausal hormone use (among women, current vs. past/never), multivitamin use, regular aspirin use, regular non-aspirin NSAID use, history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, or diabetes, history of peptic ulcer disease (ever/never), history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD; ever/never), history of gastrointestinal bleeding (ever/never), history of prior histamine-2 receptor antagonist (H2RA) usage (ever/never)