Table 3

Risk estimation of cardiovascular (CV) death and all-cause death associated with history of orthostatic hypotension-related or unexplained syncope-related hospitalisation during follow-up in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study cohort (n=29 129) individuals without prevalent CV disease)

Hospital admissionCV deathAll-cause death
Event (n)aHR (95% CI)p ValueEvent (n)aHR (95% CI)p Value
Unexplained syncope
(n=473)
521.72 (1.23 to 2.42)0.0021381.22 (1.09 to 1.37)0.001
OH (n=464)471.33 (0.93 to 1.92)0.1241211.14 (1.01 to 1.30)0.034
  • Model adjusted for age, sex, current smoking, body mass index, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, use of hypolipidaemic agents and antihypertensive treatment.

  • aHR, adjusted HR; OH, orthostatic hypotension.