Bone Strength and Arterial Stiffness Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality in a General Population

Table 4

Cox-regression survival analysis (predictors of cardiovascular outcome).

Cox proportional-hazards regression
Cases summary
Number of events	17	3.05%
Number censored	541	96.95%
Total number of cases	558	100.00%
Overall model fit			Method Backward
Null model −2Log likelihood			Enter variable if
Full model −2Log likelihood			Remove variable if
Chi-squared	22.384
DF	2
Significance level
Coefficients and standard errors
Covariate		SE	Wald		Exp()	95% CI of Exp()
Femoral neck BMD	−2.4129	1.6975	2.0205	0.015	0.0896	0.033 to 0.4011
PWV	0.2606	0.1214	4.6109	0.0318	1.2977	1.0242 to 2.4527
Variables not included in the model
Spine BMD