Table 3.

Risk factors multivariate analysis for mitral valve calcification (MVC) adjusted with age and gender.

	MVC
	HR	95% CI	p
Age	1.14	1.08–1.22	< 0.01
Female gender	0.32	0.09–1.09	0.07
Body-mass index^*	0.91	0.78–1.07	0.24
Smoker^*	1.67	0.21–13.04	0.63
Hypertension^*	1.67	0.48–5.75	0.42
Diabetes^*	0.46	0.03–6.70	0.57
Hypercholesterolemia^*	0.21	0.02–2.50	0.21
C-reactive protein^*	1.15	0.78–1.70	0.48
Duration of disease^*	1.07	1.00–1.14	0.04

↵* Adjusted hazard ratios together with age and gender. CI: confidence interval; HR: hazard ratio.