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Table 2 Sample size, number of incident CHD events, and age- and field-center adjusted incidence rates (per 1,000 person-years) by gender, race, and ABI level: the ARIC study, 1987–2001*

From: The association of the ankle-brachial index with incident coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study, 1987–2001

 

Men

Women

Covariate

Sample size

CHD events

Rate (95% CI)

Sample size

CHD events

Rate (95% CI)

   

Whites

   

PAD

      

   ABI < 0.90

80

19

21.8 (13.9 – 34.3)

172

14

6.9 (4.1–11.6)

   ABI ≥ 0.90

4446

431

8.0 (7.3–8.9)

5330

222

3.4 (3.0–3.9)

   ABI < 0.90 men, < 0.85 women

80

19

21.9 (13.9–34.4)

69

9

11.1 (5.8–21.3)

   ABI ≥ 0.90 men, ≥ 0.85 women

4446

431

8.0 (7.3–8.9)

5433

227

3.4 (3.0–3.9)

ABI

      

   ≤ 0.80

38

10

24.2 (13.0–45.0)

31

9

27.1 (14.0–52.2)

   (0.80–0.90]

43

9

19.5 (10.1–37.6)

142

5

2.9 (1.2–7.0)

   (0.90–1.00]

195

27

11.9 (8.2–17.4)

665

35

4.6 (3.3–6.3)

   (1.00–1.10]

764

91

10.4 (8.4–12.8)

1546

71

3.9 (3.1–4.9)

   (1.10–1.20]

1489

169

9.7 (8.3–11.2)

1712

66

3.1 (2.5–4.0)

   (1.20–1.30]

1321

92

5.7 (4.6–7.0)

994

30

2.3 (1.6–3.3)

   >1.30

676

52

5.9 (4.5–7.8)

412

20

3.5 (2.3–5.5)

   

African Americans

   

PAD

      

   ABI < 0.90

42

14

40.7 (24.0–69.0)

87

11

11.4 (6.3–20.7)

   ABI ≥ 0.90

1308

131

8.9 (7.5–10.6)

2123

122

5.0 (4.2–5.9)

   ABI < 0.90 men, < 0.85 women

42

14

40.7 (24.0–69.0)

52

8

13.6 (6.8–27.2)

   ABI ≥ 0.90 men, ≥ 0.85 women

1308

131

8.9 (7.5–10.6)

2158

125

5.0 (4.2–6.0)

ABI

      

   ≤ 0.80

24

6

30.9 (13.8–69.3)

31

7

23.7 (11.3–49.9)

   (0.80–0.90]

18

8

52.5 (26.2–105.2)

56

4

6.0 (2.2–16.0)

   (0.90–1.00]

71

8

10.5 (5.2–21.0)

242

20

7.6 (4.9–11.8)

   (1.00–1.10]

278

34

11.6 (8.3–16.2)

590

46

6.9 (5.2–9.3)

   (1.10–1.20]

461

42

8.3 (6.2–11.3)

708

31

3.8 (2.6–5.3)

   (1.20–1.30]

349

36

8.7 (6.2–12.0)

423

19

3.9 (2.5–6.1)

   >1.30

149

11

6.2 (3.4–11.2)

160

6

2.9 (1.3–6.5)

  1. *Rates are presented at age 55. CHD indicates coronary heart disease; ABI, ankle-brachial index; ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; CI, confidence interval; PAD, peripheral arterial disease.