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Demographics of Participants Free of Cardiovascular Disease at Visit 4 of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Characteristic Participants (n = 9272) (%) Ever told had hay fever No 89.6 Yes 10.4 Sex Male 41.6 Female 58.4 Race Non African-American 77.6 African-American 22.4 Smoking status Non-smoker 85.0 Current smoker 15.0 Mean body mass index (kg/m2) 28.7 (5.6)* Diabetes No 84.8 Yes 15.2 Hypertension No 54.9 Yes 45.1 Alcohol <350 g/wk 98.9 ≥350 g/wk 1.1 Total cholesterol ≤240 mg/dL 86.2 >240 mg/dL 13.8 * Value given as standard deviation.
Hay Fever (%) χ2P Age (yr) .04 52–57 11.71 58–61 10.77 62–66 9.78 67–70 9.28 Sex .20 Male 9.92 Female 10.74 Race .21 Non African-American 10.18 African-American 11.13 Smoking status <.01 Non-smoker 10.80 Current smoker 8.11 Body mass index (kg/m2) .87 <25 10.11 25–29 10.51 ≥30 10.49 Diabetes .62 No 10.46 Yes 10.03 Hypertension .25 No 10.06 Yes 10.80 Alcohol .92 <350 g/wk 10.39 ≥350 g/wk 10.68 Total cholesterol .93 ≤240 mg/dL 10.41 >240 mg/dL 10.33 - Table 3.
Cox's Regressions for Risk of Developing Stroke in Middle-Aged Participants with a History of Hay Fever
Hazard Ratio (95% CI) History of hay fever* No 1.00 (NA) Yes 1.72 (1.08–2.27) History of hay fever† No 1.00 (NA) Yes 1.91 (1.19–3.05) History of hay fever‡ No 1.00 (NA) Yes 1.87 (1.17–2.99) * Unadjusted Cox regression analysis.
† Adjusted for age (continuous), and smoking status.
‡ Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, race, smoking status, body mass index (continuous), diabetes, hypertension, alcohol ≥350 g/week, and total cholesterol >240 mg/dL.
NA, not applicable.
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