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Table 3 Hazards ratios and associated 95% CI for CHD, CVD, and all-cause mortality survival models

From: Is inflammatory chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a coronary heart disease risk equivalent? A longitudinal analysis of the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988–1994

  Model

“Healthy” (n=2107) [L1]

Non-inflammatory COPD (n=1100) [L2]

Inflammatory COPD (n=118) [L3]

CHD only (n=235) [L4]

COPD + CHD (n=121) [L5]

Group comparison p-values

[L2] vs [L3]

[L3] vs [L4]

[L4] vs [L5]

CHD Mortality

Crude

1.00

3.20 (2.22-4.61)

7.81 (3.10-19.66)

18.91 (11.85-30.19)

23.20 (12.85-41.89)

0.043

0.044

0.426

Age Adjusted

1.00

1.21 (0.81-1.82)

2.63 (0.96-7.20)

6.36 (3.72-10.87)

6.29 (3.58-11.03)

0.102

0.065

0.961

Non-modifiable Adjusted

1.00

1.11 (0.75-1.65)

2.52 (0.92-6.89)

5.56 (3.24-9.55)

5.02 (2.83-8.90)

0.082

0.098

0.671

Full Model

1.00

0.90 (0.61-1.33)

2.06 (0.84-5.04)

4.55 (2.48-8.36)

3.89 (2.28-6.65)

0.061

0.112

0.498

CVD Mortality

Crude

1.00

3.37 (2.38-4.79)

6.60 (2.93-14.85)

14.53 (9.60-22.00)

18.81 (11.14-31.76)

0.080

0.029

0.269

Age Adjusted

1.00

1.21 (0.83-1.79)

2.11 (0.87-5.08)

4.62 (2.96-7.21)

4.78 (3.04-7.52)

0.182

0.051

0.861

Non-modifiable Adjusted

1.00

1.15 (0.78-1.68)

2.01 (0.84-4.79)

4.25 (2.70-6.69)

4.12 (2.60-6.54)

0.164

0.056

0.880

Full Model

1.00

0.93 (0.62-1.40)

1.55 (0.68-3.51)

3.38 (1.97-5.80)

3.16 (1.99-5.01)

0.202

0.065

0.727

All-Cause Mortality

Crude

1.00

4.30 (3.51-5.26)

7.55 (4.65-12.25)

8.55 (6.61-11.07)

10.30 (7.21-14.71)

0.007

0.561

0.299

Age Adjusted

1.00

1.80 (1.44-2.25)

2.79 (1.63-4.79)

3.25 (2.59-4.08)

3.17 (2.33-4.30)

0.061

0.523

0.847

Non-modifiable Adjusted

1.00

1.70 (1.36-2.12)

2.72 (1.62-4.56)

2.96 (2.33-3.76)

2.72 (1.97-3.74)

0.037

0.701

0.546

Full Model

1.00

1.39 (1.12-1.74)

2.01 (1.24-3.28)

2.48 (1.94-3.16)

2.19 (1.63-2.95)

0.096

0.373

0.348

  1. Non-modifiable adjusted model covariates: age, gender, race/ethnicity, family history CHD.
  2. Full model covariates: age, gender, race/ethnicity, household income, education, family history CHD, diabetes, BMI, physical activity level, SBP, cholesterol ratio, current smoking, BP medications.