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Table 1 Age-and sex-adjusted means and prevalences of educational level and cardiovascular risk factors by cardiovascular event status

From: C-reactive protein, established risk factors and social inequalities in cardiovascular disease – the significance of absolute versus relative measures of disease

 

Cardiovascular event‡

No cardiovascular event

 

(n = 196)

(n = 4,072)

Age, years

60.5*

57.1

Male (%)

59.3*

39.9

Current smoking (%)

40.1*

22.1

Former smoking (%)

31.0

34.3

Hyperlipidemia (%)†

55.1*

46.4

Hypertension (%)†

62.8*

39.3

CRP above 3 mg/L (%)

33.0*

22.4

Diabetes mellitus (%)

12.5*

4.6

Educational level

  

   8 years or less

59.8*

46.7

   9 to 12 years

30.7

34.2

   13 years or more

8.6*

18.9

  1. * P-values are given for the difference in risk factor levels between those with and those without a cardiovascular event; *p < 0.05.
  2. † Hyperlipidemia is defined as use of medication against hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia (total-cholesterol > 6.5 mmol/L) and/or hypertriglyceridemia defined as triglycerides > 2.3 mmol/L; Hypertension was defined as systolic bloodpressure of 160 mm Hg or more, a diastolic bloodpressure of 90 mm Hg or more, or self-reported use of antihypertensive medication.
  3. ‡ A cardiovascular event was defined as first coronary event or first stroke, whichever came first.