Ankle Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure as Predictors of Cerebrovascular Morbidity and Mortality in a Prospective Follow-Up Study

Table 3

Hazard ratios (HR, 95% Confidence Interval (CI)) of cerebrovascular events by quartile of pulse pressure.

	Model 1			Model 2
	HR	95% CI	𝑃values	HR	95% CI	𝑃 values
Quartile I	1	(Reference)		1	(Reference)
Quartile II	0.91	0.54–1.53	.7	0.92	0.55–1.56	.7
Quartile III	1.28	0.80–2.07	.3	1.21	0.75–1.95	.4
Quartile IV	1.62	1.04–2.65	.03	1.47	0.95–2.33	.08

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex.
Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking, early parental cardiovascular disease and physical working capacity (METs), self-reported elevated cholesterol, and abnormal blood glucose.