Association of Race and Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE): The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Cohort

Table 4

Adjusted independent associations of race and each covariate with major adverse cardiac events (MACE); results of Cox proportional hazard Model 6, ARIC, 1987–1989 (n = 12189).

	HR (95% CI)
Black race	0.98 (0.87,1.11)
Age (per 1 yr)	1.06 (1.05,1.07)^a
Gender (male)	1.92 (1.68, 2.19)^a
BMI (kg/m^2)	1.02 (1.01,1.03)^b
Marital status (yes)	0.89 (0.78, 1.00)
Educational status (yes)	0.78 (0.70,0.87)^a
Cigarette use (yes)	1.91 (1.67,2.19)^a
Alcohol use (yes)	0.79 (0.71,0.87)^a
Aspirin use (yes)	1.11 (1.00,1.23)^b
High cholesterol (yes)	1.36 (1.22,1.50)^a
Diabetes (yes)	2.28 (2.03,2.56)^a
Hypertension (yes)	1.15 (1.05,1.27)^a

Reference is the white race; Model adjusted for race, age, gender, BMI, cigarette use, alcohol use, marital status, educational status, aspirin use, high cholesterol, diabetes, and hypertension; ; ; ^cin cases of familial relatedness, only data from the first enrolled individual were used.