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Table 7 β-coefficientsa for 10-year cardiovascular risk with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI), by place of birth with foreign-born as reference for males only, n = 355

From: Comparison of Framingham 10-year cardiovascular risks in Sweden- and foreign-born primary health care patients in Sweden

Variables

Unadjustedb

 + education

 + education, alcohol

Place of birth

 Foreign-born

0.00 (Ref)

0.00 (Ref)

0.00 (Ref)

 Sweden-born

4.98 (3.50—6.46)*

4.93 (3.45—6.40)*

4.18 (2.64—5.72)*

Education, years

  < 9

 

0.00 (Ref)

0.00 (Ref)

 9 to12

 

-3.43 (-5.65—-1.20)**

-3.33 (-5.54—-1.13)**

  > 12

 

-3.69 (-5.69—-1.70)*

-3.64 (-5.62—-1.67)*

Alcohol consumption, glasses a week

  ≤ 4

  

0.00 (Ref)

  > 4

  

2.63 (0.87—4.39)**

  1. *P < .0001
  2. **P < .001
  3. aLinear regression analysis done using stepwise adjusting for independent variables, only covariates with statistically significant prevalence (see Table 1) and coefficients included in this Table
  4. bUnadjusted (crude) β-coefficients; all other results in column are adjusted coefficients