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?

Table 2 Stratified analyses of SES in relation to incidence of CVD according to country of birth

	Denmark	Turkey	Former Yugoslavia	Pakistan
Men
Employment (P = 0.1065)*
Employed	1	1	1	1
Out of work	1.82 (1.77-1.87)	1.36 (1.03-1.80)	1.06 (0.72-1.55)	1.64 (1.17-2.29)
Retired	1.15 (1.12-1.18)	0.63 (0.43-0.94)	0.53 (0.30-0.91)	0.93 (0.59-1.46)
Income (P = 0.0886) *
High (above average)	1	1	1	1
Low (below average)	1.36 (1.33-1.38)	0.79 (0.51-1.21)	1.25 (0.70-1.98)	1.25 (0.68-2.31)
Housing (P = 0.0712)*
Self-owned	1	1	1	1
Rental-occupied	1.55 (1.23-1.28)	1.00 (0.71-1.38)	1.07 (0.80-1.50)	1.05 (0.63-1.40)
Women
Employment (P = 0.0611)*
Employed	1	1	1	1
Out of work	1.90 (1.90-2.03)	1.11 (0.70-1.76)	1.80 (0.99-2.30)	1.67 (1.06-1.65)
Retired	1.37 (1.32-1.42)	0.65 (0.33-1.28)	1.12 (0.46-2.72)	0.46 (0.23-0.95)
Income (P = 0.4811)*
High (above average)	1	1	1	1
Low (below average)	1.46 (1.42-1.49)	1.81 (0.79-4.18)	1.26 (0.75-2.10)	1.32 (0.57-3.05)
Housing conditions (P = 0.3115)*
Self-owned	1	1	1	1
Rental-occupied	1.25 (1.23-1.28)	0.93 (0.57-1.51)	1.73 (1.08-2.77)	1.46 (0.87-2.47)

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