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. 2018 Aug 23;13(8):e0201972. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201972

Table 1. Incidence rate and incidence rate ratio with 95% confidence interval for an adverse cardiac event before age 50 among 361,353 men and women stratified to three age groups with total cholesterol ≥6.0 mmol/L, triglycerides ≥1.40 mmol/L, and glucose ≥5.6 mmol/L (Exposed) and those with lower levels (unexposed).

Exposed (n = 8,467) Unexposed (n = 352,886)
Sex Age at initial testing
(years)
Number of events Person years Incidence rate
/10,000 years
Number of events Person years Incidence rate
/10,000 years
Incidence rate
ratio (95% CI)
Male 20–29 18 5,122 35 461 999,480 5 7.0 (4.4–11.2)
Male 30–39 104 21,996 47 986 921,445 11 4.3 (3.5–5.2)
Male 40–49 109 23,187 47 726 405,435 18 2.6 (2.1–3.2)
Female 20–29 1 1,769 6 119 900,186 1 6.0 (0.8–42.9)
Female 30–39 8 3,315 24 207 733,296 3 8.0 (3.9–16.2)
Female 40–49 7 4,624 15 163 353,052 5 3.0 (1.4–6.4)