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Appendix A

In 2003, the following 25 states used the BRFSS CVD module: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Appendix B. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of single and multiple CVD risk factors for HRQOL, 2003 BRFSS
Analytic Sample* / Total Sample†
OR‡ / 95% CI / OR / 95% CI
General health
(fair or poor) / DM / Yes vs. No / 3.30 / 3.07–3.54 / 3.32 / 3.09–3.56
HBP / Yes vs. No / 2.06 / 1.95–2.17 / 2.06 / 1.96–2.18
SMK / Yes vs. No / 1.69 / 1.59–1.81 / 1.74 / 1.64–1.84
HCH / Yes vs. No / 1.56 / 1.48–1.64 / 1.48 / 1.41–1.56
Ob / Yes vs. No / 1.55 / 1.46–1.64 / 1.54 / 1.45–1.62
Number of CVD risk factors / 1 vs. 0 / 1.88 / 1.73–2.04 / 1.77 / 1.64–1.90
2 vs. 0 / 3.48 / 3.20–3.80 / 3.36 / 3.11–3.63
3 vs. 0 / 6.73 / 6.13–7.39 / 6.32 / 5.80–6.89
≥4 vs. 0 / 14.06 / 1 2.37–15.98 / 13.05 / 11.55–14.75
Physically unhealthy (≥14days) / DM / Yes vs. No / 2.08 / 1.93–2.25 / 2.10 / 1.95–2.27
HBP / Yes vs. No / 1.59 / 1.50–1.70 / 1.65 / 1.55–1.75
SMK / Yes vs. No / 1.55 / 1.45–1.65 / 1.58 / 1.49–1.68
HCH / Yes vs. No / 1.35 / 1.28–1.43 / 1.33 / 1.26–1.41
Ob / Yes vs. No / 1.42 / 1.34–1.52 / 1.42 / 1.34–1.51
Number of CVD risk factors / 1 vs. 0 / 1.53 / 1.41–1.67 / 1.56 / 1.45–1.69
2 vs. 0 / 2.37 / 2.18–2.58 / 2.46 / 2.26–2.67
3 vs. 0 / 3.58 / 3.25–3.95 / 3.72 / 3.39–4.08
≥4 vs. 0 / 6.39 / 5.63–7.26 / 6.47 / 5.73–7.31
Mentally unhealthy (≥14days) / DM / Yes vs. No / 1.39 / 1.26–1.54 / 1.39 / 1.26–1.53
HBP / Yes vs. No / 1.43 / 1.33–1.54 / 1.50 / 1.41–1.61
SMK / Yes vs. No / 2.09 / 1.95– 2.24 / 2.15 / 2.02–2.28
HCH / Yes vs. No / 1.43 / 1.34–1.53 / 1.35 / 1.27–1.44
Ob / Yes vs. No / 1.31 / 1.22–1.40 / 1.24 / 1.17–1.32
Number of CVD risk factors / 1 vs. 0 / 1.64 / 1.50–1.79 / 1.74 / 1.61–1.87
2 vs. 0 / 2.42 / 2.20–2.65 / 2.40 / 2.21–2.61
3 vs. 0 / 3.30 / 2.96–3.68 / 3.31 / 2.99–3.66
≥4 vs. 0 / 4.84 / 4.19–5.58 / 4.75 / 4.15–5.45
Impaired activity (≥14days) / DM / Yes vs. No / 2.02 / 1.83–2.22 / 2.03 / 1.85–2.23
HBP / Yes vs. No / 1.75 / 1.62–1.90 / 1.82 / 1.69–1.97
SMK / Yes vs. No / 1.93 / 1.78–2.09 / 1.94 / 1.80–2.09
HCH / Yes vs. No / 1.36 / 1.26–1.46 / 1.32 / 1.23–1.41
Ob / Yes vs. No / 1.49 / 1.38–1.62 / 1.43 / 1.33–1.54
Number of CVD risk factors / 1 vs. 0 / 1.63 / 1.45–1.84 / 1.70 / 1.53–1.90
2 vs. 0 / 2.78 / 2.48–3.12 / 2.77 / 2.79–3.09
3 vs. 0 / 4.31 / 3.80–4.89 / 4.37 / 3.87–4.93
≥4 vs. 0 / 7.97 / 6.83–9.31 / 7.89 / 6.79–9.17

* Analytic sample excluded participants who did not have cholesterol checked; n=189,045.

† Total sample included participants who did not have cholesterol checked, but were coded as “having no high cholesterol;” n=230,459.

‡ OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and education level.

DM = diabetes; HBP = high blood pressure; SMK = current smoking; HCH = high cholesterol; Ob = obesity; CVD = cardiovascular disease.