| Adjusted modela | Adjusted model + IBb |
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| OR (95%-CI) | OR (95%-CI) |
Diabetesd, c |
Dutch | Reference | Reference |
Moroccan |
3.51 (1.97–6.25)
|
2.78 (1.44–5.38)
|
Turkish |
2.41 (1.32–4.42)
|
2.14 (1.03–4.20)
|
Elevated cholesterole, d |
Dutch | Reference | Reference |
Moroccan | 0.98 (0.63–1.51) | 0.74 (0.44–1.25) |
Turkish |
1.64 (1.07–2.52)
| 1.30 (0.78–2.16) |
Hypertensionf, e |
Dutch | Reference | Reference |
Moroccan |
0.46 (0.30–0.71)
|
0.39 (0.23–0.66)
|
Turkish | 0.68 (0.44–1.05) | 0.60 (0.36–1.00) |
- Bold = significantly different from the reference group within the specified model, a Adjusted for age, sex, education level, current cigarette smoking, physical activity and BMI, b Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, education level, current cigarette smoking, physical activity, BMI and IB. IB infectious burden measured by the number of infections (HSV1, HSV2, HAV, HBV, HCV and H.pylori) a participant was seropositive for, categorized into low (0–2 infections), intermediate (3 infections) and high (4–6 infections). With the term infection we in this study refer to antibody seropositivity, a measure reflecting current or past infection., c Diabetes was measured by self-report and/or glucose > 11.0 mmol/L and/or HbA1c > 6.5%, d Elevated cholesterol was measured by self-report and/or total/HDL-cholesterol ≥5 mmol/L, e Hypertension was measured by self-report and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or SBP ≥ 140 mmHg