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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for participants (N = 17,854) by country of birth

From: Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians

Characteristics a

Norway

(n = 13967)

Sri Lanka

(n = 1127)

Pakistan

(n = 859)

Iran

(n = 695)

Vietnam

(n = 658)

Turkey

(n = 548)

pb

Men

% (95% CI)

44.5 (43.6-45.3)

60.0 (57.1-62.8)

54.2 (50.9-57.6)

59.8 (56.2-63.4)

45.8 (42.0-49.6)

55.3 (51.1-59.4)

< 0.001

Age, years

Mean (95% CI)

45.2 (45.0-45.4)

39.6 (39.2-39.9)

43.3 (42.7-43.9)

41.6 (41.1-42.1)

43.2 (42.6-43.8)

41.5 (40.9-42.2)

< 0.001

Self-reported CVD

Valid cases (n)

Age at diagnosis, years

Mean (95% CI)

384

46.6 (45.6-47.7)

44

46.2 (42.5-49.8)

59

48.2 (45.2-51.1)

41

44.3 (41.0-47.6)

43

43.8 (40.6-47.1)

32

47.1 (43.0-51.2)

0.335

Self-reported DM

Valid cases (n)

Age at diagnosis, years

Mean (95% CI)

260

40.4 (38.8-42.0)

99

44.2 (41.6-46.8)

115

41.4 (39.1-43.8)

17

39.8 (33.0-46.5)

38

45.9 (41.3-50.4)

33

44.1 (40.0-48.3)

0.057

Education, years

Mean (95% CI)

14.1 (14.0-14.2)

12.8 (12.5-13.0)

10.1 (9.8-10.4)

14.1 (13.8-14.5)

10.8 (10.5-11.2)

8.5 (8.0-9.0)

< 0.001

Employment

% (95% CI)

86.4 (85.8-87.0)

77.6 (75.1-80.0)

54.0 (50.5-57.5)

66.1 (62.5-69.6)

69.0 (65.3-72.6)

57.5 (53.2-61.7)

< 0.001

  1. aCVD: cardiovascular disease (i.e., angina pectoris or myocardial infarction or stroke). DM: diabetes mellitus. Employment included full-time or part-time work.
  2. b p-values. Chi-square tests and one-way ANOVAs were applied for testing differences in proportions and in means between groups, respectively. Multiple regression models were applied to compare mean age at diagnososis of CVD and diabetes between groups adjusted for age.