Marginalisation and cardiovascular disease among rural Sami in Northern Norway: a population-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Age-adjusted characteristics ^a of the female study group by majority/minority area and marginalisation status

	Unexposed (n=678)			Exposed (n=340)
Majority	Tot	n	%	Tot	n	%	P^b
Myocardial infarction	678	9	1.3	340	1	0.2	0.04
Angina pectoris	678	14	2.1	340	8	2.4	0.63
Cerebral stroke/brain haemorrhage	678	8	1.2	340	4	1.3	0.80
Self-perceived Sami ethnicity	665	490	73.7	334	325	97.4	<0.001
Family history of
Myocardial infarction	678	175	25.8	340	71	21.0	0.09
Cerebral stroke	678	165	24.3	340	88	26.0	0.57
Education≥13 years	635	172	27.1	320	132	41.2	<0.001
Ever smoking	672	418	62.2	339	202	59.6	0.43
Metabolic syndrome	675	126	18.6	338	76	22.5	0.16
Leisure-time light physical activity ≥1 hour per week	633	472	74.6	315	233	74.0	0.84
Mean age (sd)	678	53.8	(10.9)	340	51.9	(10.1)	<0.01^c
Minority	Unexposed (n=854)			Exposed (n=141)
Myocardial infarction	854	9	1.1	141	4	2.6	0.11
Angina pectoris	854	32	3.7	141	5	3.4	0.83
Cerebral stroke/brain haemorrhage	854	12	1.4	141	4	2.7	0.21
Self-perceived Sami ethnicity	826	219	26.5	141	119	84.4	<0.001
Family history of
Myocardial infarction	854	257	30.1	141	45	32.2	0.61
Cerebral stroke	854	226	26.5	141	44	31.4	0.24
Education≥13 yrs	801	200	24.9	133	45	33.8	0.04
Ever smoking	850	569	66.9	141	103	73.0	0.16
Metabolic syndrome	849	160	18.8	141	35	24.7	0.11
Leisure-time light physical activity ≥1 hour per week	755	601	79.6	123	98	79.6	0.99
Mean age (sd)	854	53.9	(11.0)	141	51.8	(10.6)	0.04^c

^aPrevalence rates from logistic regression estimates.
^bP-value from likelihood ratio tests for difference between unexposed and exposed groups.
^cTwo-sample t-test with unequal variances.

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