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Table 3 Age-specific and total prevalence rates of self-reported lifetime cardiovascular disease a in men and women by majority/minority area and marginalisation status

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

 

Majority

 

Minority

 
 

Unexposed

Exposed

 

Unexposed

Exposed

 
 

n

%

n

%

Pc

n

%

n

%

Pc

Women

(n=678)

(n=340)

 

(n=854)

(n=141)

 

36-49 years

2

0.8

1

0.6

0.99

1

0.3

3

4.4

0.02

50-59 years

13

6.0

6

5.6

0.99

22

8.5

4

9.5

0.77

60-79 years

35

17.9

12

16.0

0.86

57

21.8

10

32.3

0.26

Total crude

50

7.4

19

5.6

0.36

80

9.4

17

12.1

0.36

Total age-adjustedb

27d

4.0

13

3.8

0.85

44d

5.1

13

9.0

0.06

Men

(n=599)

(n=346)

 

(n=841)

(n=228)

 

36-49 years

8

3.5

4

3.1

0.99

4

1.6

3

3.9

0.36

50-59 years

16

9.4

16

12.4

0.45

28

10.1

18

20.0

0.02

60-79 years

52

25.9

27

30.3

0.48

95

29.9

21

34.4

0.54

Total crude

76

12.7

47

13.6

0.69

127

15.1

42

18.4

0.22

Total age-adjustedb

59d

9.8

42

12.1

0.26

84d

10.0

36

15.8

0.02

  1. aMyocardial infarction, angina pectoris, and cerebral stroke/brain haemorrhage combined.
  2. bPrevalence rates from logistic regression estimates.
  3. cP-value for difference between unexposed and exposed groups. Age-specific and total crude rates tested by Fisher’s exact chi-square tests. Total age-adjusted rates tested by likelihood ratio tests.
  4. dExpected number of cases.
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