Skip to main content

Table 3 Age- and field-center-adjusted CHD incidence hazard ratios for various ABI categories from Cox models for white and African American participants: 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

 

Whites

African Americans

Covariate(s)

HR*Men (95% CI*)

HR Women (95% CI)

HR Men (95% CI)

HR Women (95% CI)

PAD

    

   ABI < 0.90

2.81 (1.77–4.45)

2.05 (1.20–3.53)

4.86 (2.78–8.47)

2.34 (1.26–4.35)

   ABI ≥ 0.90

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

   ABI < 0.90 men, < 0.85 women

2.81 (1.77–4.45)

3.31 (1.70–6.45)

4.86 (2.79–8.47)

2.76 (1.35–5.66)

   ABI ≥ 0.90 men, ≥ 0.85 women

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

ABI

    

   ≤ 0.80

2.39 (1.24–4.60)

7.19 (3.59–14.41)

2.80 (1.16–6.73)

3.60 (1.62–8.00)

   (0.80–0.90]

1.94 (0.97–3.84)

0.76 (0.31–1.89)

4.87 (2.25–10.56)

0.87 (0.31–2.41)

   (0.90–1.00]

1.15 (0.75–1.77)

1.18 (0.79–1.77)

0.91 (0.42–1.96)

1.10 (0.65–1.86)

   (1.00–1.10]

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

   (1.10–1.20]

0.93 (0.72–1.20)

0.81 (0.58–1.13)

0.71 (0.45–1.12)

0.54 (0.34–0.85)

   (1.20–1.30]

0.54 (0.41–0.73)

0.60 (0.39–0.92)

0.74 (0.46–1.18)

0.56 (0.33–0.95)

   > 1.30

0.57 (0.40–0.80)

0.90 (0.55–1.49)

0.53 (0.27–1.04)

0.42 (0.18–0.98)

  1. *CHD, coronary heart disease; ABI, ankle-brachial index; ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; PAD, peripheral arterial disease.