Figure 3.
Association of immune-mediated diseases with incident individual cardiovascular disease. The vertical line indicates the reference value of 1. Model 1 was adjusted for age at recruitment, sex, ethnicity, education status and the Townsend deprivation score. Model 2 was further adjusted for smoking status, drinking, physical activity at goal, a healthy diet score, BMI, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and use of NSAIDs. CVD: cardiovascular disease; AR: absolute risk; HR: hazard ratio