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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med Rep. 2015;2:235–240. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.03.012

Table 2.

Adjusted Odds Ratios (95% CI) for Hs-CRP ≥ 3mg/l at Follow-up (2007–10) by Baseline (1967–73) Risk Factor Status and Single Baseline Risk Factors - The Chicago Healthy Aging Study

N OR (95% CI)
Model 1* Model 2*
Baseline RF status
 LR 259 1.00 1.00
 0RF 423 1.25 (0.83–1.87) 1.35 (0.89–2.03)
 1 Only RF 449 1.56 (1.05–2.31) 1.61 (1.08–2.40)
 ≥2 RFs 193 1.55 (0.96–2.50) 1.69 (1.04–2.75)
β coefficient/P trend 0.16 (0.023) 0.18 (0.014)
Single Baseline Risk Factors
Smoking Status
 Never Smoker (ref.) 608 1.00 1.00
 Former Smoker 397 1.14 (0.82–1.59) 1.14 (0.82–1.59)
 Current Smoker 319 1.75 (1.26–2.43) 1.69 (1.21–2.36)
SBP/DBP, mmHg
 ≤120/≤80, no med.(ref.) 612 1.00 1.00
 121–139, no med. 339 1.17 (0.84–1.63) 1.21 (0.87–1.70)
 ≥ 140/90 or on med. 373 0.73 (0.51–1.05) 0.75 (0.52–1.08)
Serum Total Chol., mg/dL
 <200, no med. (ref.) 892 1.00 1.00
 200–239, no med. 339 0.81 (0.59–1.13) 0.90 (0.64–1.27)
 ≥ 240 or on med. 93 1.27 (0.76–2.12) 1.46 (0.85–2.49)
BMI (kg/m2)
 < 25 (ref.) 685 1.00 1.00
 25–29 556 1.29 (0.95–1.75) 1.33 (0.97–1.82)
 ≥ 30.0 83 2.03 (1.18–3.49) 2.00 (1.16–3.46)
Diabetes 9 0.34 (0.04–2.86) 0.35 (0.04–2.93)

Abbreviations: see Table 1 footnotes.

*

Model 1: Adjusted for baseline age, sex, and race; Model 2: Adjusted for variables in Model 1 plus education attainment, and current cancer, taking aspirin, taking lipid-lowering medication, and presence of ECG major abnormalities/CVD.

Definition of baseline RF status: see Table 1 footnotes.

P value for trend across 4 baseline RF groups.