From the abstract: analysis [was] adjusted for age, alcohol consumption, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, Type 2 diabetes, previous myo

From the abstract: analysis [was] adjusted for age, alcohol consumption, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, Type 2 diabetes, previous myocardial infarction, resting heart rate and serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [1]. Of course, that doesn't rule out all confounding factors. [1] http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/07/ageing.afw212.abstract?sid=6d9f2e72-6503-48c2-b63f-1dc27c24859f http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/07/ag...