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Table 4 Cox proportional hazards model adjusting death as competing risk factor to estimate the cause- specific hazard ratio

From: Long term clinical outcomes of patients with ischemic stroke in primary care – a 9-year retrospective study

 

Recurrent cerebrovascular event (n = 80)

CAD (n = 57)

Death (n = 158)

 

csHR

95% CI

P value

csHR

95% CI

P value

HR

95% CI

P value

Event Type

Recurrent

  Age (year)

1.035

1.009–1.061

0.009

1.076

1.041–1.112

 < 0.001

1.089

1.066–1.111

 < 0.001

  Sex (Male vs Female)

1.427

0.903–2.254

0.128

0.916

0.531–1.581

0.754

1.654

1.191–2.298

0.003

  SBP (mmHg)

0.993

0.977–1.010

0.439

1.010

0.990–1.031

0.334

1.009

0.997–1.021

0.149

  DBP (mmHg)

0.994

0.968–1.020

0.627

1.010

0.980–1.041

0.521

0.982

0.964–1.000

0.048

  DM

1.380

0.866–2.199

0.176

0.904

0.503–1.623

0.734

1.117

0.789–1.582

0.534

  Statin user

0.476

0.285–0.796

0.005

0.751

0.425–1.328

0.325

0.693

0.486–0.968

0.043

  Antiplatelet treatment

1.102

0.269–4.514

0.893

1.357

0.186–9.917

0.764

0.390

0.190–0.804

0.001

Death

  Age (year)

1.102

1.074–1.130

 < 0.001

1.080

1.056–1.105

 < 0.001

   

  Sex (Male vs Female)

1.614

1.093–2.383

0.016

1.804

1.237–2.631

0.002

   

  SBP (mmHg)

1.004

0.989–1.012

0.599

1.003

0.990–1.018

0.601

   

  DBP (mmHg)

0.992

0.970–1.013

0.448

0.974

0.954–0.994

0.010

   

  DM

1.061

0.698–1.615

0.781

1.126

0.758–1.674

0.557

   

  Statin user

0.904

0.599–1.3626

0.628

0.733

0.491–1.095

0.129

   

  Antiplatelet treatment

0.314

0.144–0.687

0.004

0.359

0.165–0.781

0.010

   
  1. CAD indicates coronary artery disease; csHR cause-specific hazard ratio; CI confidence interval; HR hazard ratio; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure and DM diabetes mellitus