TABLE 2.

Incidence rate of adverse outcomes

	All‐cause mortality	CVD	Stroke	Cerebral hemorrhage	Cerebral ischemic	MI
No carotid plaque and normal blood pressure
Number of events	22	19	11	2	9	8
Cumulative incidence (95% CI)	1.0 (0.58‐1.42)	0.9 (0.50‐1.30)	0.5 (0.21‐0.79)	0.1 (−0.04‐0.24)	0.4 (0.14‐0.66)	0.4 (0.12‐0.68)
Per 10 000 person years	19.54	18.53	9.75	1.94	8.75	7.78
Hypertension only
Number of events	24	24	17	1	16	7
Cumulative incidence (95% CI)	1.9 (1.15‐2.65)	1.9 (1.15–2.65)	1.3 (0.69‐1.91)	0.1 (−0.01‐0.3)	1.2 (0.62‐1.78)	0.5 (0.13‐0.87)
Per 10 000 person years	37.49	41.68	26.53	1.72	27.68	12.07
Carotid plaque only
Number of events	56	26	20	2	18	6
Cumulative incidence (95% CI)	5.0 (3.72‐6.28)	2.3 (1.43‐3.17)	1.8 (1.02‐2.58)	0.2 (−0.08‐0.48)	1.6 (0.87‐2.33)	0.5 (0.1‐0.9)
Per 10 000 person years	102.12	51.74	36.06	3.92	35.66	11.81
Hypertension with carotid plaque
Number of events	108	88	65	3	62	23
Cumulative incidence (95% CI)	5.8 (4.74‐6.86)	4.7 (3.74‐5.66)	3.5 (2.67‐4.33)	0.2 (−0.03‐0.43)	3.3 (2.49‐4.11)	1.2 (0.71‐1.69)
Per 10 000 person years	121.42	108.87	73.33	3.62	76.08	27.90
All
Number of events	210	157	113	8	105	44
Cumulative incidence (95% CI)	3.2 (2.77‐3.63)	2.4 (2.03‐2.77)	1.8 (1.47‐2.13)	0.1 (0.03‐0.17)	1.6 (1.30‐1.90)	0.7 (0.49‐0.91)
Per 10 000 person years	65.54	53.91	35.36	2.71	35.89	14.96

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; MI, myocardial infarction.