Cardiovascular disease in relation to diabetes status in immigrants from the Middle East compared to native Swedes: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Risk factors for CVD in accordance with the INTERHEART study

	Total study population (N = 1,695)				Born in Iraq (N = 1,113)				Born in Sweden (N = 582)
Risk factor	Model I			SD OR	Model II			SD OR	Model II			SD OR
	OR	95% CI			OR	95% CI			OR	95% CI
Born in Iraq	0.7	0.4	1.6		-					-
Age	1.1^***	1.1	1.1	1.8	1.2^***	1.0	1.1	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.1
Male sex	1.6	0.8	3.1		2.5	0.8	7.6		1.2	0.4	2.8
T2D	4.1^***	2.0	8.3	1.4	6.8^***	2.8	16.2	1.6	1.2	0.2	6.4
History of hypertension	3.7^***	2.0	6.9	1.5	3.3^**	1.4	7.8	1.4	6.2^***	2.2	17.3	1.9
Abdominal obesity	0.6	0.3	1.2		0.7	0.2	1.8		0.6	0.2	1.8
Elevated p-LDL/p-HDL ratio	0.8	0.4	1.8		0.9	0.3	2.5		0.6	0.1	2.7
Tobacco smoking	2.3^**	1.3	4.2	1.4	2.2	0.9	5.0		2.0	0.8	5.1
Alcohol consumption	0.9	0.5	1.8		1.6	0.6	3.8		0.5	0.2	1.3
Physical activity <4 h/week	1.1	0-6	1.8		1.3	0.4	3.8		1.2	0.5	3.0
Intake of fruit or vegetables < once daily	1.1	0.6	1.8		0.8	0.3	1.7		1.4	0.6	3.3
Depression	0.8	0.3	2.0		0.5	0.1	1.7		4.9	0.9	25.4
Stress	2.5^**	1.3	4.7	1.5	2.1	0.8	5.1		3.4^**	1.3	8.8	1.6
Two or more life events	1.2	0.6	2.5		1.7	0.7	4.3		0.7	0.2	2.2
Economic difficulties	0.7	0.3	1.4		0.4^*	0.2	0.16	0.6	2.6	0.8	8.9

^* p ≤ 0.001 ^** p ≤ 0.010^*** p ≤ 0.050.
Data was assessed using multivariate logistic regression analysis presenting odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Regression coefficients were standardized to a unit variance for the independent variables and the proportionality of risk ratios was estimated using standardized odds ratios (SD ORs).

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