Table 2.
Quartiles of waist circumference and cardiovascular death.
| WC | Hazard radio (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Men | ||||
| 1st quartile | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| 2nd quartile | 3.60 (0.43, 29.93) | 3.90 (0.47, 32.44) | 4.54 (0.53, 39.18) | 4.64 (0.44, 49.27) |
| 3rd quartile | 4.81 (0.61, 37.96) | 5.51 (0.70, 43.66) | 6.75 (0.80, 56.71) | 10.67 (1.00, 115.21) |
| p value for trend | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Women | ||||
| 1st quartile | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| 2nd quartile | 1.48 (0.25, 8.90) | 1.50 (0.25, 9.01) | 1.65 (0.26, 10.45) | 2.26 (0.20, 26.22) |
| 3rd quartile | 1.50 (0.25, 8.97) | 1.57 (0.26, 9.53) | 1.92 (0.26, 14.07) | 3.99 (0.37, 42.87) |
| p value for trend | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.54 | 0.25 |
Model 1: unadjusted; model 2: adjusted for age; model 3: adjusted for age and BMI; model 4: adjusted for factors in model 3 and NYHA class, structure heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, heart rate, atrial pacing, ventricular pacing, LVEF, LAD, LVEDD, and medication at discharge (including ACEI/ARB, beta-blockers, amiodarone, CCB, digitalis, statins, and aspirin). Abbreviations: ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker; BMI = body mass index; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; LAD = left atrial dimension; LVEDD = left ventricular end-systolic dimension; NYHA = New York heart association; CCB = calcium channel clockers.