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Table 4 Relation between educational level and incident cases of first cardiovascular event (stroke or coronary event) in a low-risk population‡.

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

   

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

Less than 9 years of education

408

9

253

2.9 (0.6, 13.2)

163

229

2.0 (0.4, 9.1)

93

9 to 12 years of education

428

6

160

1.8 (0.4, 8.9)

70

182

1.5 (0.3, 7.6)

46

More than 12 years of education*

256

2

90

1.0

0

136

1.0

0

Total

1,092

17

151

  

193

  
  1. *Reference category
  2. †CI; confidence interval
  3. ‡Low risk population includes those with no current smoking, no hypertension (i.e., systolic blood pressure above 160 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure above 90 mm Hg and/or treatment for hypertension), and no hyperlipidemia (i.e., total-cholesterol > = 6.5 mmol/L and/or triglycerides > 2.3 mmol/L and/or treatment for hyperlipidemia).
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BMC Public Health

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