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Table 1 CVD Outcomes and Characteristics of Study Participants

From: Cross-sectional associations between residential environmental exposures and cardiovascular diseases

  

Outcome 1: MI only

Outcome 2: Any of MI, angina, CHD, CHF, or stroke

 

Entire Cohort No. (% of sample)

No. (row %)

p-value

No. (row %)

p-value

Participants

2411 (100)

47 (1.94)

 

103 (4.27)

 

Age

  

0.0354

 

<.0001

  25-35

529 (21.93)

6 (1.11)

 

6 (1.21)

 

  36-45

742 (30.79)

9 (1.20)

 

20 (2.67)

 

  46-55

714 (29.63)

19 (2.68)

 

44 (6.16)

 

  56-65

426 (17.65)

13 (3.00)

 

33 (7.67)

 

Gender

  

<.0001

 

0.0105

  Women

1293 (53.64)

10 (0.75)

 

43 (3.29)

 

  Men

1117 (46.36)

37(3.31)

 

48 (5.40)

 

Visible Minority Status

  

0.7446

 

0.3990

  1. Yes

1062 (44.04)

19 (1.83)

 

41 (3.87)

 

  2. No

1349 (55.96)

27 (2.02)

 

62 (4.57)

 

Education

  

0.8194

 

<.0001

  1. Less than High School

95 (3.95)

1 (1.45)

 

13 (14.11)

 

  2. High School Complete

389 (16.15)

6 (1.49)

 

12 (3.21)

 

  3. Diploma Complete

686 (28.44)

16 (2.27)

 

29 (4.17)

 

  4. Completed Undergrad and above

1241 (51.47)

24 (1.93)

 

48 (3.89)

 
  1. City of Toronto, Canada 2009–2011 (n = 2411).
  2. Note: MI = Myocardial infarction; CHD = coronary heart disease; CHF = congestive heart failure.
  3. For variables with more than 2 categories, p-value is for the χ2 test of differences across row in the percentage reporting the outcome. Otherwise p-value is for a 2-tailed test of difference between 2 groups in the proportion reporting each outcome.