| Variables | Men | Women | ||||||
| All | With ischaemia | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | All | With ischaemia | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | |
| Subjects, No (%) | 1372 | 251 (18.3) | 1011 | 63 (6.2) | ||||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 51.3 (10.2) | 55.2 (11.6) | 1.02 (1.01 to 1.04) | 1.02 (1.01 to 1.03) | 50.9 | 53.3 (11.6) | 1.02 (1.01 to 1.03) | 1.01 (1.00 to 1.03) |
| Past smoker†, No (%) | 264 (19.2) | 67.0 (26.7) | 1.01 (0.77 to 1.30) | 1.36 (0.97 to 1.89) | 12 (0.84) | 06 (1.2) | 1.95 (0.51 to 7.44) | NS§ |
| Waist to hip ratio, mean (SD) | 0.94 (0.08) | 0.96 (0.07) | 0.95 (0.85 to 1.05) | NS | 0.86 (0.07) | 0.87 (0.07) | 1.28 (1.11 to 1.47) | 1.19 (1.02 to 1.38) |
| Body mass index, mean (SD) | 24.3 (4.7) | 24.9 (4.6) | 1.03 (1.01 to 1.04) | NS | 26.5 (5.7) | 26.8 (5.5) | 1.01 (1.00 to 1.01) | NS |
| Hypertriglyceridaemia, No (%) | 546 (39.8) | 114 (45.4) | 1.22 1.02 to 1.47) | NS | 562 (39.1) | 204 (41.8) | 1.18 (0.91 to 1.54) | NS |
| Low LDL, No (%) | 491 (35.8) | 76 (30.3) | 0.82 (0.71 to 0.94) | NS | 491 (34.2) | 158 (32.4) | 0.88 (0.75 to 1.03) | NS |
| Low HDL, No (%) | 963 (70.2) | 168 (66.9) | 1.06 (0.90 to 1.24) | NS | 1127 (78.5) | 388 (79.5) | 1.09 (0.83 to 1.44) | NS |
| Physical activity | 431 (31.4) | 65 (25.9) | 0.71 (0.59 to 0.86) | NS | 255 (17.8) | 83 (17.0) | 0.92 (0.67 to 1.26) | NS |
| Hypertension | 443 (32.3) | 138 (54.9) | 2.71 (2.35 to 3.12) | 2.81 (2.12 to 3.72) | 722 (50.3) | 301 (61.7) | 2.01 (1.53 to 2.64) | 1.82 (1.36 to 2.44) |
| Diabetes | 238 (17.5) | 61 (24.3) | 1.38 (1.15 to 1.65) | 1.50 (1.11 to 2.02) | 314 (21.8) | 113 (23.1) | 1.12 (0.87 to 1.43) | NS |
| ‡Metabolic syndrome | 630 (45.9) | 142 (56.6) | 1.74 (1.49 to 2.01) | Not applicable | 822 (57.2) | 314 (64.3) | 1.56 (1.26 to 1.93) | Not applicable |
*Major ECG abnormalities defined as the following codes on ECG: Minnesota codes 4-1 or 4-2 or 5-1 or 5-2 or 6-1 or 6-2 or 7-1 or 7-2 or 8-1 or 8-3.
†Past smokers defined as those who smoked ⩾100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
‡Metabolic syndrome defined as the concomitant presence of at least three of the following: hypertension, high triglycerides (>1.70 mmol/l); or low HDL cholesterol (<1.04 mmol/l in men or <1.30 mmol/l in women), impaired glucose tolerance (fasting glucose ⩾6.1 mmol/l), or central obesity.
§NS, not significant in the multivariable model and therefore not retained in the final model.
HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.