TABLE 5.

Rates and rate ratios with 95% CI of CVD mortality according to the prevalence at baseline.

Category	Number of events	Follow-up (person-years)	Rate (per 1,000 person-years)	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
CVD death
IS(+)/AF(−)	53	2404.37	22.0	1	1	1
IS(+)/AF(+)	5	70.83	70.6	3.24 (1.29, 8.11)	3.26 (1.29, 8.25)	3.65 (1.43, 9.32)

Model 1 was not adjusted; Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, and region; and Model 3 was adjusted for age, sex, region, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, current smoking, current drinking, education, income, and physical activity.