Presentation and outcomes of indigenous Australians with peripheral artery disease

Table 3 Cox proportional hazard analyses for the association between Indigenous ethnicity and combined incidence of major cardiovascular events (MI, stroke or death) in PAD patients

	Unadjusted HR (95%CI)	p-value	Adjusted HR (95%CI)	p-value
MI, stroke or death
Non-Indigenous	1.00	–	1.00	–
Indigenous	3.59 (1.42–9.07)	0.007	3.12 (1.14–8.49)	0.026 ^a
	–	–	4.03 (1.17–13.84)	0.027 ^b
	–	–	4.72 (1.41–15.78)	0.012 ^c

MI myocardial infarction, CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, IHD ischemic heart disease, ACE angiotensin converting enzyme
^aResults are adjusted for hypertension, current smoking, diabetes, IHD, and age
^bResults are adjusted for hypertension, current smoking, diabetes, IHD, age, insulin and frusemide prescription
^cResults are adjusted for hypertension, current smoking, diabetes, IHD, age, insulin, frusemide, ACE inhibitor, anti-platelet or anti-coagulant prescription and critical limb ischemia

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