TABLE 4.

Weighted logistic model for the association of VAI quartiles with CCDs in NHANES (1999–2018).

	VAI quartile
CCD	Q1	Q2		Q3		Q4
Heart Failure	1	0.98	(0.48–1.99)	1.15	(0.56–2.39)	1.72	(0.79–3.72)
Angina	1	1.33	(0.68–2.59)	2.18	(1.11–4.26)	2.92	(1.49–5.69)
Heart attack	1	1.13	(0.69–1.87)	1.00	(0.62–1.61)	1.77	(1.09–2.88)
Stroke	1	1.34	(0.65–2.78)	1.68	(0.84–3.33)	1.74	(0.93–3.28)
Hypertension	1	1.35	(1.10–1.66)	1.68	(1.40–2.00)	2.37	(1.90–2.97)

Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, income, education, smoking, and diabetes. Q1–Q4: Quartiles 1–4.