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Table 2 Age-adjusted characteristics a of the male study group by majority/minority area and marginalisation status

From: Marginalisation and cardiovascular disease among rural Sami in Northern Norway: a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Unexposed (n=599)

Exposed (n=346)

 

Majority

Tot

n

%

Tot

n

%

Pb

Myocardial infarction

599

21

3.5

346

14

4.0

0.68

Angina pectoris

599

31

5.1

346

20

5.8

0.62

Cerebral stroke/brain haemorrhage

599

17

2.9

346

12

3.5

0.61

Self-perceived Sami ethnicity

589

387

65.7

342

317

92.6

<0.001

Family history of

       

  Myocardial infarction

599

130

21.7

346

88

25.4

0.19

  Cerebral stroke

599

113

18.8

346

77

22.3

0.21

Education≥13 years

577

129

22.4

336

77

22.9

0.86

Ever smoking

596

438

73.4

342

270

78.8

0.06

Metabolic syndrome

596

61

10.3

344

45

13.2

0.18

Leisure-time light physical activity ≥1 hour per week

557

423

75.9

325

232

71.5

0.15

Mean age (sd)

599

54.5

(11.3)

346

53.7

(9.7)

0.24c

Minority

Unexposed (n=841)

Exposed (n=228)

 

Myocardial infarction

841

36

4.3

228

16

6.8

0.10

Angina pectoris

841

56

6.7

228

24

10.7

0.04

Cerebral stroke/brain haemorrhage

841

22

2.6

228

10

4.4

0.14

Self-perceived Sami ethnicity

826

216

26.2

225

168

74.7

<0.001

Family history of

       

  Myocardial infarction

841

222

26.4

228

85

37.3

<0.01

  Cerebral stroke

841

194

23.1

228

62

27.0

0.24

Education≥13 yrs

800

198

24.8

209

59

28.0

0.36

Ever smoking

837

640

76.5

224

171

76.1

0.89

Metabolic syndrome

838

92

11.0

228

26

11.5

0.84

Leisure-time light physical activity ≥1 hour per week

745

589

79.0

197

152

77.3

0.61

Mean age (sd)

841

56.1

(11.0)

228

54.2

(10.0)

0.01c

  1. a Prevalence rates from logistic regression estimates.
  2. b P-value from likelihood ratio tests for difference between unexposed and exposed groups.
  3. c Two-sample t-test with unequal variances.