Table 2.

Associations of plasma cortisol with CVD in the combined VIP, MONICA and MSP cohort and BWHHS cohort. All models included the matching variables of age; for VIP, MONICA and MSP, models also included the matching variables of sex, study and baseline assessment date. Adjusted models also included BMI, smoking and time of sampling in the regression models. Analyses were repeated restricted to individuals with blood sampling time between 0700 h and 1100 h.

	VIP, MONICA and MSP				BWHHS
	Cases	Controls	OR (95% CI)	P	Cases	Controls	OR (95% CI)	P
Unadjusted	905	1717	1.00 (0.91–1.09)	0.91	169	327	0.95 (0.78–1.14)	0.55
Adjusted	323	492	1.19 (1.01–1.41)	0.04	154	313	0.99 (0.80–1.22)	0.92
0700 h–1100 h
Unadjusted	297	445	1.17 (0.99–1.39)	0.07	45	91	1.22 (0.81–1.85)	0.34
Adjusted	268	396	1.31 (1.07–1.60)	0.009	45	89	1.13 (0.72–1.76)	0.59

CI, confidence intervals; OR, odds ratio; P, P value.