CVD risk factors

Reference

Covariates

persons at risk Odds ratio   lower CI upper CI

Hypertension

No

Yes

755 8.37

***

7.32 9.56

Diabetes Mellitus

No

Yes

548 10.02

***

8.74 11.49

Total cholesterol

<200mg/dL

200-239

2128 1.01   0.87 1.18

>240

862 1.88

***

1.56 2.26

HDL-C

<40mg/dL

40-59

4859 0.19

***

0.17 0.23

>60

4369 0.20

***

0.17 0.24

Triglycerides

<150mg/dL

150-199

1319 2.76

***

2.43 3.14

>200

1609 2.85

***

2.53 3.22

Body Mass Index

20-22.9

<20

1012 2.04

***

1.72 2.41

23-24.9

2453 0.94   0.82 1.08

25-27.9

2205 0.90   0.78 1.04

28-29.9

563 2.31

***

1.89 2.83

>30

429 3.37

***

2.72 4.18

Drinking

Non-drinkers

1-2 times/week

2151 1.12   0.96 1.31

3-4 times/week

1183 1.81

***

1.53 2.14

5-6 times/week

1216 1.87

***

1.58 2.21

every day

2852 1.22

**

1.06 1.40

Smoking

Non-smokers

Current smokers

4457 1.05   0.94 1.19

Ex-smokers

2481 1.20

**

1.05 1.36
Note: * p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, CI: Confidence Interval
Total number of persons at risk for total cholesterol is 5193
Table 5: Estimated risk for having abnormally high CAVI scores after making adjustment for age: Males.