| Birth weight categories | |
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| Low | Medium | High | P for trend |
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AF events, N | 49 | 735 | 98 | |
Person-years | 4,662 | 88,982 | 11,095 | |
Incidence Rate* (95% CI) | 10.5 (7.9-13.8) | 8.3 (7.7-8.9) | 8.8 (7.2-10.7) | |
Model 1 | 1.37 (1.03, 1.84) | 1 (ref.) | 1.00 (0.81, 1.23) | 0.21 |
Model 2 | 1.33 (0.99, 1.78) | 1 (ref.) | 1.00 (0.81, 1.24) | 0.29 |
Model 3 | 1.42 (1.06, 1.90) | 1 (ref.) | 0.86 (0.69, 1.07) | 0.01 |
- *Incidence rate per 1000 person years.
- Model 1: Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for age, race and gender.
- Model 2: As model 1, additionally adjusted for study center, income, and education.
- Model 3: As model 2, additionally adjusted for diabetes, systolic blood pressure, hypertension medications, smoking, height, body mass index, prevalent. myocardial infarction and heart failure.