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Hazard Ratios (HR, 95% Confidence Interval (CI)) of Cardiovascular and All-Cause Deaths According to Specified Blood Pressure Groups. |
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| Model 1 |
Model 2 |
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| HR |
95% CI |
p |
HR |
95% CI |
p |
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| Cardiovascular death |
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| Group 1 |
1 |
(reference) |
1 |
(reference) |
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| Group 2 |
3.11 |
1.79 – 5.41 |
< 0.0001 |
2.62 |
1.49 – 4.62 |
0.0003 |
| Group 3 |
2.77 |
1.48 – 5.16 |
0.003 |
2.48 |
1.33 – 6.62 |
0.003 |
| Group 4 |
2.78 |
1.22 – 6.33 |
0.02 |
2.36 |
1.04 – 5.37 |
0.02 |
| Group 5 |
8.45 |
4.42 – 16.15 |
<0.0001 |
4.28 |
2.07 – 8.87 |
<0.0001 |
| All-cause death |
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| Group 1 |
1 |
(reference) |
1 |
(reference) |
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| Group 2 |
2.40 |
1.81 – 3.20 |
<0.0001 |
2.13 |
1.59 – 2.85 |
< 0.0001 |
| Group 3 |
2.01 |
1.43 – 2.81 |
<0.0001 |
1.80 |
1.29 – 2.53 |
<0.0001 |
| Group 4 |
1.98 |
1.25 – 3.15 |
0.003 |
1.70 |
1.07 – 2.70 |
0.03 |
| Group 5 |
5.92 |
4.15 – 8.46 |
<0.0001 |
3.21 |
2.15 – 4.79 |
<0.0001 |
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Model 1: adjusted for age and sex Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking, early parental cardiovascular disease, exercise capacity measured in metabolic equivalents, self-reported elevated cholesterol and abnormal blood glucose Please see Table 1 and the Methods-section for the explanation for the blood pressure groups | ||||||
Hietanen et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008 8:3 doi:10.1186/1471-2261-8-3 |
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