The HRs of each increment of atherothrombotic disease score in predicting adverse cardiovascular events in all patients.

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.Other strokes included undetermined types of stroke and stroke sequel.In above multivariate Cox regression models, covariates included gender and the significant variables in the univariate analysis (age, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, peptic ulcer disease, using of anti-hypertensive agents, anti-diabetic agents, lipid-lowing agents, and proton pump inhibitors, monthly income, and hospital level.).