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Table 3 Prediction of major adverse cerebro-cardiac event

From: Carotid intima-media thickness is not related with clinical outcomes in young hypertensives

Variable

Hazard ratio

95% confidence interval

p value

Younger age

0.47

0.25–0.90

0.02

Hypertension

3.25

0.77–13.66

0.10

Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

1.57

0.31–7.92

0.58

Smoking

1.59

0.12–2.98

0.97

Right maxIMT highest QR

1.73

1.20–2.49

0.03

Left maxIMT highest QR

1.02

0.92–1.41

0.11

  1. maxIMT, maximal intima-media thickness; QR, quartile range.