The role of the socio-economic environment on medical outcomes after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

BMC Public Health

Table 4 COX-regression

	HR	low95	up95	p-Value
Socio-economic aspect
Income pre-tax (€)	0.911	0.656	1.266	0.421
Residents per general practitioner (n)	1.139	0.740	1.751	0.287
Residents per internal specialists (n)	0.831	0.535	1.290	0.942
Compulsory education only (%)	1.012	0.948	1.080	0.703
Academic degree (%)	0.989	0.943	1.037	0.791
Unemployment rate (%)	0.976	0.754	1.263	0.564
Conventional risk factors
Hypertension	0.806	0.444	1.464	0.798
Hyperlipidemia	0.587	0.347	0.994	0.016
Diabetes mellitus	1.484	1.021	2.157	< 0.001
Overweight (BMI > 25)	0.706	0.403	1.237	0.072
Smoker	0.962	0.698	1.325	0.005
Family history	0.724	0.336	1.560	0.127
CVD	1.656	0.782	3.510	0.001
PVD	1.794	0.828	3.887	0.003
Age > 62	4.519	2.378	8.586	< 0.001

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