Research Article

The Association of Chronic Kidney Disease and Metabolic Syndrome with Incident Cardiovascular Events: Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Table 4

Output from proportional hazards models.

ParameterEstimated SE ( )t-testP valueHR95% CI

CKD0.360.331.140.291.430.74−2.75
Model*MetS0.870.1344.050.00012.401.85−3.10
CKD × MetS0.480.381.610.21.620.77−3.44

*Parameter estimates and test statistics for interaction between CKD (chronic kidney disease) and MetS (metabolic syndrome) adjusted for covariates.