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Table 6 Predictors of ukMI in a multiple logistic stepwise regression analysis

From: Silent myocardial infarction in women with impaired glucose tolerance: The Northern Sweden MONICA study

Risk factor

OR

95 % CI

Male sex ?

0.88

0.39; 1.96

Age (years)

1.07

1.02; 1.13

Smoking

0.54

0.16; 1.88

Hypercholesterolemia

1.38

0.58; 3.30

Hypertension

2.00

0.85; 4.70

IGT

2.40

0.87; 6.68

  1. ukMI = unknown myocardial infarction. OR (= odds ratio) calculated with all variables entered simultaneously, with age as a continous variable. CI = confidence interval. IGT = impaired glucose tolerance. Risk factor definitions were as described in Methods.