Risk of myocardial infarction after accumulated experience of life events during the past 12 months, measured as the total number of events. Case-referent analysis where the patients with no events at all constituted the reference group. Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals)
| Number of life events (14 possible) | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude* | Adjusted† | Crude* | Adjusted† | |
| 966 cases,1147 referents | 937 cases,1126 referents | 411 cases,549 referents | 370 cases,509 referents | |
| *Crude, analysis controlled for age and hospital catchment area. †Adjusted, analysis controlled for age, hospital catchment area, hypertension, physical inactivity, diabetes, overweight (BMI ⩾27), smoking, and socioeconomic status. –, Analysis not possible. ‡p for trend based on χ2 test for trend. | ||||
| 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 1 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.0) |
| 2 | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.1) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) |
| 3 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8) | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.5) |
| 4 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.4) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.6) | 1.9 (1.1 to 3.4) | 1.4 (0.7 to 2.7) |
| 5 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.9) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.7) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.9) | 0.4 (0.1 to 1.2) |
| 6 | 1.0 (0.5 to 1.9) | 1.0 (0.5 to 2.0) | 1.9 (0.5 to 7.3) | 1.7 (0.4 to 7.6) |
| 7 | 1.5 (0.3 to 6.8) | 2.4 (0.4 to 15.0) | 1.5 (0.2 to 11.6) | 0.9 (0.1 to 8.4) |
| 8 | 2.3 (0.2 to 25.6) | 0.8 (0.05 to 14.2) | – | – |
| 9 | 0.6 (0.05 to 6.3) | 0.3 (0.03 to 3.9) | – | – |
| p for trend‡ | 0.6121 | 0.8116 | 0.1312 | 0.7148 |