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Table 2 Association between each cardiovascular disease risk factor at baseline (wave 1) and incident frailty during the follow-up (wave2-wave3). (n=2,901)

From: The Framingham risk score is associated with incident frailty, or is it?

  Sex-adjusted Model b Fully-adjusted Model c
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Age (years) 1.09 (1.07 to 1.11) <0.001 1.08 (1.06 to 1.10) <0.001
Sex
 Male 1 (ref)   1 (ref)  
 Female 1.73 (1.31 to 2.27) <0.001 1.41 (1.00 to 1.98) 0.049
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) a 0.76 (0.66 to 0.89) <0.001 0.83 (0.71 to 0.96) 0.006
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) a 1.08 (0.96 to 1.22) 0.155 1.05 (0.93 to 1.19) 0.544
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) a 0.98 (0.85 to 1.12) 0.610 0.93 (0.82 to 1.07) 0.299
Antihypertensive treatment
 No 1 (ref)   1 (ref)  
 Yes 1.17 (0.89 to 1.55) 0.266 1.31 (1.96 to 1.79) 0.087
Smoking
 No 1 (ref)   1 (ref)  
 Yes 1.37 (1.03 to 1.83) 0.031 1.42 (1.04 to 1.95) 0.029
Diabetes
 No 1 (ref)   1 (ref)  
 Yes 1.06 (0.78 to 1.43) 0.731 1.17 (0.84 to 1.62) 0.358
  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aHR per SD (Total cholesterol:38.46, HDL cholesterol: 15.69, Systolic blood pressure: 22.80) increase
  3. bAdjusted for sex
  4. cAdjusted for sex, education, marital status, obesity, comorbidity burden, and cognitive function score