Multivariate Cox regression analysis including potential risk factors for stroke at baseline
| Fatal and non-fatal stroke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ischaemic | Haemorrhagic | Total | Fatal stroke | |||||
| Variable studied | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI |
| Baseline data | ||||||||
| Age | 1.11 | 1.08 to 1.15 | 1.19 | 1.10 to 1.29 | 1.14 | 1.10 to 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.13 to 1.30 |
| Hypertension | 1.50 | 0.99 to 2.27 | 0.90 | 0.31 to 2.62 | 1.45 | 1.02 to 2.08 | 1.43 | 0.63 to 3.23 |
| BMI | 1.07 | 1.02 to 1.12 | 1.06 | 0.95 to 1.19 | 1.05 | 1.01 to 1.09 | 1.11 | 1.00 to 1.22 |
| Smoking | 1.78 | 1.23 to 2.57 | 2.06 | 0.86 to 4.89 | 1.86 | 1.35 to 2.56 | 5.68 | 2.54 to 12.71 |
| Physical inactivity | 1.22 | 0.88 to 1.70 | 2.18 | 1.04 to 4.58 | 1.38 | 1.04 to 1.83 | 2.23 | 1.16 to 4.26 |
| Cholesterol | 0.92 | 0.78 to 1.08 | 0.71 | 0.46 to 1.10 | 0.88 | 0.76 to 1.03 | 1.02 | 0.72 to 1.46 |
| Triglycerides | 1.29 | 0.92 to 1.81 | 0.81 | 0.29 to 2.23 | 1.30 | 0.97 to 1.75 | 0.86 | 0.39 to 1.91 |
| Mental stress | 0.73 | 0.32 to 1.65 | 1.11 | 0.26 to 4.74 | 0.69 | 0.34 to 1.40 | 1.29 | 0.39 to 4.29 |
| Low education | 1.17 | 1.01 to 1.35 | 0.95 | 0.76 to 1.20 | 1.10 | 0.98 to 1.23 | 1.04 | 0.81 to 1.34 |
HR with 95% CI for stroke compared with women who had no stroke during the 32-year follow-up period.BMI, body mass index.
Statistical significant HRs are shown in bold typeface.