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Table 5 The result of the two-piecewise Cox proportional hazards regression model

From: Nonlinear connection between remnant cholesterol and stroke risk: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Incident stroke

HR (95%CI)

P

Fitting model by standard linear regression

1.087 (1.001, 1.180)

0.0467

Fitting model by two-piecewise Cox proportional hazards regression

 Inflection point of RC

1.78 mmol/L

 

 ≤ 1.78 mmol/L

1.251 (1.089, 1.437)

0.0015

 > 1.78 mmol/L

0.893 (0.736, 1.084)

0.2541

 P for the log-likelihood ratio test

0.013

 
  1. This model adjusted for BMI, gender, age, drinking status, physical activity, heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, smoking status, lipid therapy, CRP, Scr, and Cystatin C
  2. HR hazard ratios, CI confidence, RC remnant cholesterol