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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Jul 28;13(8):e007067. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007067

Table 2:

The Association of GlycA with Total HF and its subtypes of HFpEF and HFrEF: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2000 to 2015)*

GlycA in μmol/L
[Median (IQI)]
Quartile 1
[314 (294–327)]
Quartile 2
[358 (348–367)]
Quartile 3
[396 (386–406)]
Quartile 4
[451 (434–477)]
Per 1 SD (61 μmol/L) increment
Incidence rates (95% CI) and Hazard ratios (95% CI) of total HF events (n=319) by GlycA: N=6,507 §
N 1,647 1,608 1,631 1,621 6,507
Cases 58 74 78 109 319
Incidence rate 2.8 (2.2–3.6) 3.7 (2.9–4.6) 3.9 (3.1–4.9) 5.7 (4.7–6.9) 4.0 (3.6–4.5)
Hazard Ratio
Model 1 1 (reference) 1.30 (0.92–1.83) 1.46 (1.03–2.06)* 2.46 (1.76–3.43)* 1.43 (1.29–1.59)*
Model 2 1 (reference) 1.21 (0.86–1.71) 1.26 (0.89–1.79) 2.03 (1.44–2.86)* 1.36 (1.21–1.52)*
Model 3 1 (reference) 1.12 (0.79–1.59) 1.13 (0.79–1.61) 1.69 (1.19–2.40)* 1.26 (1.13–1.42)*
Model 4 1 (reference) 1.09 (0.77–1.55) 1.06 (0.74–1.53) 1.48 (1.01–2.18)* 1.22 (1.07–1.39)*
Model 5 1 (reference) 1.17 (0.82,1.66) 1.13 (0.79,1.61) 1.60 (1.12, 2.28)* 1.20 (1.07,1.35)*
Incidence rates (95% CI) and Hazard ratios (95% CI) of HFpEF (n=135) by GlycA: N=6,507 §
N 1,647 1,608 1,631 1,621 6,507
Cases 18 30 36 51 135
Incidence rate 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 1.5 (1.0–2.1) 1.8 (1.3–2.5) 2.7 (2.0–3.5) 1.7 (1.4–2.0)
Hazard Ratio
Model 1 1 (reference) 1.67 (0.93–3.00) 2.03 (1.14–3.60)* 3.30 (1.88–5.79)* 1.56 (1.33–1.82)*
Model 2 1 (reference) 1.50 (0.83–2.71) 1.65 (0.92–2.96) 2.57 (1.44–4.59)* 1.47 (1.24–1.74)*
Model 3 1 (reference) 1.42 (0.78–2.57) 1.60 (0.88–2.88) 2.38 (1.32–4.29)* 1.41 (1.19–1.67)*
Model 4 1 (reference) 1.40 (0.77–2.54) 1.55 (0.85–2.84) 2.18 (1.15–4.13)* 1.41 (1.15–1.71)*
Model 5 1 (reference) 1.47 (0.81,2.67) 1.61 (0.89,2.91) 2.41 (1.33, 4.37)* 1.38 (1.17, 1.64)*
Incidence rates (95% CI) and Hazard ratios (95% CI) of HFrEF (n=162) by GlycA: N=6,507 §
N 1,647 1,608 1,631 1,621 6,507
Cases 38 38 37 49 162
Incidence rate 1.8 (1.3–2.5) 1.9 (1.4–2.6) 1.9 (1.3–2.6) 2.6 (1.9–3.4) 2.0 (1.7–2.4)
Hazard Ratio
Model 1 1 (reference) 1.02 (0.65–1.60) 1.09 (0.69–1.73) 1.81 (1.16–2.82)* 1.28 (1.10–1.50)*
Model 2 1 (reference) 0.98 (0.62–1.55) 0.98 (0.61–1.56) 1.57 (0.99–2.48) 1.22 (1.04–1.45)*
Model 3 1 (reference) 0.91 (0.58–1.44) 0.84 (0.53–1.35) 1.24 (0.78–1.98) 1.12 (0.94–1.33)
Model 4 1 (reference) 0.88 (0.55–1.39) 0.78 (0.48–1.27) 1.06 (0.63–1.79) 1.05 (0.86–1.28)
Model 5 1 (reference) 0.94 (0.59,1.48) 0.84 (0.52,1.35) 1.08 (0.66,1.74) 1.03 (0.87,1.22)

Abbreviations: HF, heart failure; HFpEF, HF with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF, HF with reduced ejection fraction; CI, confidence interval

*

Statistically significant results at P <0.05

Incidence rates reported are per 1000 person-years.

Hazard ratios are adjusted as follows:

Model 1: adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity, MESA site

Model 2: model 1 plus education, health insurance, BMI, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, and physical activity.

Model 3: model 2 plus systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medication, total cholesterol, HDL- cholesterol, use of lipid-lowering medications, diabetes and eGFR

Model 4: model 3 plus ln(CRP), ln(IL-6) and ln(Fibrinogen)

Model 5: model 3 plus ln(NT-ProBNP)

§

Using GlycA quartiles, P = 0.47, 0.54 and 0.77 for interaction by sex for HF, HFpEF and HFrEF, respectively; P= 0.82, 0.60 and 0.86 for interaction by age for HF, HFpEF and HFrEF, respectively; P = 0.71, 0.18 and 0.60 for interaction by race for HF, HFpEF and HFrEF, respectively.