Plasma Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Older Adults

Table 3

Effect of each covariate added one at a time on the hazard ratio (95% CI) of SCD per standard deviation (18.98 ng/mL) increase in FABP4.

Model	HR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Model 1 (basic model)*	1.32 (1.16–1.51)	<0.001
Added covariates
Less than high school	1.32 (1.16–1.51)	<0.001
GFR-cystatin	1.18 (1.00–1.40)	0.055
Serum creatinine	1.35 (1.16–1.57)	<0.001
hsCRP	1.27 (1.11–1.46)	<0.001
Kcal of leisure time activity (log)	1.32 (1.16–1.51)	<0.001
Alcohol consumption	1.32 (1.16–1.50)	<0.001
Self-reported health status	1.29 (1.13–1.48)	<0.001
Smoking	1.32 (1.17–1.51)	<0.001
Estrogen use (women)	1.32 (1.16–1.50)	<0.001
Body mass index	1.32 (1.15–1.51)	<0.001
Waist circumference	1.30 (1.13–1.50)	<0.001
Hypercholesterolemia	1.32 (1.16–1.51)	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure	1.32 (1.16–1.50)	<0.001
Hypertensive mediation use	1.26 (1.09–1.45)	0.001
Cardiovascular heard disease	1.29 (1.13–1.47)	<0.001
Cardiovascular heart failure	1.24 (1.08–1.44)	0.003
Diabetes	1.27 (1.11–1.45)	<0.001

∗Model 1 adjusted for age, sex, race, and field center.