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Table 2 Crude and adjusted association between comparative optimism and CVD mortality

From: Is the association between optimistic cardiovascular risk perceptions and lower rates of cardiovascular disease mortality explained by biomarkers of systemic inflammation or endothelial function? A case-cohort study

  

OR (95% CI)

Comparative Optimism?

Cases/Non-cases

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Yes

8/43

0.39 (0.17, 0.91)

0.36 (0.14, 0.89)

0.33 (0.13, 0.81)

0.23 (0.07, 0.73)

No

36/75

referent

referent

referent

referent

  1. Model 1: crude association between comparative optimism and CVD death
  2. Model 2: adjusted for ln(CRP)
  3. Model 3: adjusted for ln(VEGF)
  4. Model 4: adjusted for age, Framingham Risk Score, per capita household income, ln(CRP) and ln(VEGF)
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