Table 3.
Quartiles of waist circumference and all-cause mortality.
| WC | Hazard radio (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Men | ||||
| 1st quartile | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| 2nd quartile | 3.22 (1.10, 9.43) | 3.63 (1.24, 10.64) | 3.71 (1.23, 11.12) | 3.28 (1.05, 10.23) |
| 3rd quartile | 3.95 (1.38, 11.25) | 4.73 (1.65, 13.53) | 4.85 (1.63, 14.44) | 5.42 (1.72, 17.07) |
| p value for trend | 0.01 | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.003 |
| Women | ||||
| 1st quartile | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| 2nd quartile | 2.57 (0.80, 8.23) | 2.73 (0.85, 8.83) | 3.14 (0.94, 10.46) | 3.11 (0.73, 13.32) |
| 3rd quartile | 1.29 (0.35, 4.82) | 1.5 (0.40, 5.69) | 1.96 (0.47, 8.15) | 2.30 (0.44, 11.92) |
| p value for trend | 0.90 | 0.70 | 0.47 | 0.51 |
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.