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Table 4 Hazard ratios for cardiovascular disease according to social trust among participants who underwent health examinations

From: Association between social trust and the risk of cardiovascular disease in older adults in Korea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

 

Social trust, quintiles

p for trend

1st (lowest)

2nd

3rd

4th

5th (highest)

Cardiovascular disease

 Events

12,590

13,784

12,634

14,339

14,293

 

 Person-years

1,210,307

1,288,009

1,180,296

1,247,028

1,274,142

 

 aHR (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.93 (0.91–0.96)

0.97 (0.94–0.99)

0.94 (0.91–0.97)

0.90 (0.88–0.93)

< 0.001

Coronary heart disease

 Events

5481

6184

5170

6269

5876

 

 Person-years

1,210,307

1,288,009

1,180,296

1,247,028

1,274,142

 

 aHR (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.93 (0.89–0.97)

0.93 (0.89–0.97)

0.94 (0.90–0.98)

0.91 (0.87–0.95)

0.003

Stroke

 Events

5968

6365

6125

6758

7060

 

 Person-years

1,210,307

1,288,009

1,180,296

1,247,028

1,274,142

 

 aHR (95% CI)

1.00 (reference)

0.93 (0.89–0.97)

0.98 (0.94–1.02)

0.94 (0.90–0.98)

0.90 (0.86–0.94)

< 0.001

  1. Adjusted hazard ratios calculated by Cox proportional hazards regression after adjustments for age, sex, area of residence, household income, Charlson comorbidity index, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, fasting serum glucose, and total cholesterol
  2. Acronyms: aHR adjusted hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
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