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Table 1 Baseline characteristics (2001) according to country of birth

From: A registry-based follow-up study, comparing the incidence of cardiovascular disease in native Danes and immigrants born in Turkey, Pakistan and the former Yugoslavia: do social inequalities play a role?

 

Denmark (n = 1 811 366)

Turkey (n = 13 379)

Former Yugoslavia (n = 6 936)

Pakistan (n = 6 026)

 

Men

Women

Men

 

Women

 

Men

 

Women

 

Men

 

Women

 
 

48.1%

51.9%

51.1%***

48.9%***

51.6%***

48.4%***

55.8%***

44.2%***

Age in years

              

Mean

52.2

54.8

43.3***

42.6***

46.6***

47.5***

46.5***

44.6***

Marital status

              

Partner

61.2%

54.8%

89.8%***

86.3%***

75.8%***

68.5%***

89.5%***

86.6%***

Single

38.8%

45.2%

10.2%

 

13.7%

 

24.2%

 

31.5%

 

10.5%

 

13.4%

 

Duration of residence (years)

              

> 20

  

61.1%

 

50.2%

 

59.0%

 

59.5%

 

65.6%

 

57.3%

 

5-20

  

38.9%

 

49.8%

 

41.0%

 

40.5%

 

34.4%

 

42.7%

 

Income (EUR)

              

Mean

21 155

19 509

11 648***

11 115***

14 068***

13 055***

10 773***

10 427***

Employment

              

Employed

67.1%

55.6%

59.7%***

39.4%***

57.7%***

43.3%***

60.2%***

29.4%***

Out of work

11.1%

14.3%

29.3%

 

53.1%

 

30.1%

 

44.7%

 

27.9%

 

64.4%

 

Pensioners

21.8%

30.1%

10.9%

 

7.4%

 

12.1%

 

11.9%

 

11.9%

 

6.2%

 

Missing

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

 

0.1%

 

0.1%

 

0.1%

 

0.0%

 

0.0%

 

Housing conditions

              

Self-owned

3.2%

57.5%

11.7%***

10.2%***

22.3%***

21.9%***

22.8%***

20.0%***

Rental-occupied

35.6%

41.7%

86.9%

 

89.4%

 

76.1%

 

77.2%

 

75.6%

 

79.5%

 

Missing

1.2%

0.8%

1.4%

 

0.4%

 

1.6%

 

0.9%

 

1.6%

 

0.5%

 

AMI a

              

Incident casesc

19 233

12 832

125

 

31

 

42

 

20

 

90

 

28

 

Person-years

4 124 597

4 500 544

35 101

 

30 548

 

17 191

 

16 515

 

15 426

 

12 910

 

CVD b

              

Incident casesc

64 558

60 390

333

 

173

 

161

 

129

 

199

 

102

 

Person-years

3 833 377

4 243 450

33 390

 

29 211

 

16 186

 

15 578

 

14 371

 

12 378

 
  1. Chi-square test or wilcoxon test (reference group: native Danish women and men) *** P-value < 0.0001
  2. a: Individuals with previous history of AMI between 1997 and 2000 were excluded
  3. b: Individuals with previous history of CVD between 1997 and 2000 were excluded
  4. c: Including fatal and non-fatal cases
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