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Table 8 β-coefficientsa for 10-year cardiovascular risk with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI), by place of birth with foreign-born as reference for females only, n = 475

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

2.08 (1.34—2.82)*

2.09 (1.35—2.83)*

1.92 (1.16—2.70)*

Education, years

  < 9

 

0.00 (Ref)

0.00 (Ref)

 9 to12

 

-1.34 (-2.34—.32)**

-1.33 (-2.34—.32)**

  > 12

 

-2.11 (-3.01—-1.20)*

-2.12 (-3.03—-1.22)*

Alcohol consumption, glasses a week

  ≤ 4

  

0.00 (Ref)

  > 4

  

0.97 (-.33—-2.29)

  1. *P < .0001
  2. **P < .05
  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