Risk factors for new coronary events in older African-American men and women.
Independent risk factors for new coronary events in older African-American men were (1) age (risk ratio = 1.037), (2) cigarette smoking (risk ratio = 2.231), (3) hypertension (risk ratio = 2.531), (4) serum total cholesterol (risk ratio = 1.012), (5) serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (inverse association) (risk ratio = 0.948), and (6) prior coronary artery disease (CAD) (risk ratio = 2.288). Independent risk factors for new coronary events in older African-American women were (1) cigarette smoking (risk ratio = 2.202), (2) hypertension (risk ratio = 2.344), (3) diabetes mellitus (risk ratio = 1.632), (4) serum total cholesterol (risk ratio = 1.008), (5) serum HDL cholesterol (inverse association) (risk ratio = 0.936), (6) age (risk ratio = 1.026), and (7) prior CAD (risk ratio = 2.368).
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