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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2019 Oct 18;50(11):3045–3050. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.025376

Table 4.

Association of Metabolic Syndrome (IDF Criteria) with Ischemic Stroke in Participants with Atrial Fibrillation, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study*

No metabolic syndrome Metabolic syndrome (≥3 components)
N 421 751
# incident stroke 40 73
HR (95% CI), Model 1 1(ref) 1.29 (0.88–1.90)
HR (95% CI), Model 2 1(ref) 1.29 (0.87–1.91)
*

Using BMI to define central obesity (per International Diabetes Federation criteria)

Model 1: Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age, sex, race/center

Model 2: Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age, sex, race/center and the remaining CHA2DS2-VASc

variables of stroke/transient ischemic attack, heart failure, myocardial infarction and peripheral artery disease

Ref indicates reference