Table 3 Relation between educational level and incident cases of first cardiovascular event (stroke or coronary event) in a population with CRP-levels below 3.
Crude model | Age- and sex-adjusted model | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational level | N (%) | No. of cases | Incidence rate (per 100 000) | Hazard ratio (95% CI) † | Absolute difference | Incidence rate (per 100 000) | Hazard ratio (95% CI)† | Absolute Difference |
8 years of education or less | 1,443 | 76 | 619 | 3.2 (1.7, 6.2) | 429 | 573 | 2.7 (1.4, 5.1) | 358 |
9 to12 years of education | 1,185 | 42 | 413 | 2.2 (1.1, 4.2) | 223 | 443 | 2.2 (1.1, 4.3) | 228 |
More than 12 years of education* | 668 | 11 | 190 | 1.0 | 0 | 215 | 1.0 | 0 |
Total | 3,296 | 129 | 457 | 467 | ||||