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Table 2 Incidence rates (IR) per 10,000 person-years at risk and unadjusted hazard ratios (HR). n = 6147; AMI = 191

From: The ratio of total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein cholesterol and myocardial infarction in Women’s health in the Lund area (WHILA): a 17-year follow-up cohort study

Variable

AMI

Incidence rates

Unadjusted HR

n

IR

95% CI

HR (95% CI)

Age

 50–54

51

15.3

11.7–20.4

1 (Reference)

 55–59

90

17.6

14.4–21.7

1.17 (0.83–1.65)

 60–64

50

27.9

21.3–37.3

1.89 (1.21–2.80)

Education

 Low-Middle

136

20.7

17.6–24.6

1.40 (1.02–1.91)

 High

55

15.0

11.6–19.7

1 (Reference)

Smoking

 Non-smoker

81

13.4

10.8–16.8

1 (Reference)

 Former smoker

39

18.7

13.8–26.1

1.41 (0.96–2.06)

 Daily smoker

71

34.1

27.2–43.4

2.58 (1.88–3.56)

WHR

 Small (≤0.78)

78

13.6

10.6–16.4

1 (Reference)

 Large (> 0.78)

113

25.0

20.8–30.2

1.87 (1.40–2.50)

Blood pressure (mmHg)

 SBP < 140 & DBP < 90

83

15.4

12.5–19.3

1 (Reference)

 SBP 140–149 or DBP 90–99

55

19.9

15.4–26.2

1.30 (0.92–1.83)

 SBP ≥ 150 or DBP ≥ 100

53

25.3

19.4–33.5

1.66 (1.17–2.34

TC/HDL-C ratio

 ≤ 3.5

74

13.3

10.7–16.9

1 (Reference)

 > 3.5 - ≤ 4.0

28

17.0

11.9–25.2

1.28 (0.83–1.98)

 > 4.0 - ≤ 5.0

46

24.6

18.6–33.3

1.84 (1.27–2.67)

 > 5.0

43

36.3

27.2–49.7

2.75 (1.88–4.02)

NDI

 Affluent areas

40

12.8

9.5–17.8

1 (Reference)

 Deprived areas

151

21.2

18.1–25.0

1.65 (1.16–2.34)

  1. AMI Acute myocardial infarction, WHR Waist-hip-ratio, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, CNI Care Need Index