Table 3.
Associations between education level (see Table 1 for levels) included as an ordinal variable (1–5) and self-reported CVD, heart attack, stroke, and angina. The Tromsø Study, 1994–2016.
| Age-Adjusted | Multivariable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases/n | OR (95% CI) | Cases/n | OR (95% CI) | |
| Any CVD | 1024/11,867 | 0.91 (0.87–0.96) | 1023/11,825 1 | 0.96 (0.92–1.01) |
| Women | 343/6341 | 0.86 (0.79–0.94) | 343/6320 | 0.95 (0.87–1.04) |
| Men | 681/5526 | 0.91 (0.86–0.97) | 680/5505 | 0.97 (0.91–1.03) |
| Heart attack | 542/11,950 | 0.90 (0.84–0.96) | 488/11,000 2 | 0.97 (0.91–1.05) |
| Women | 144/6395 | 0.77 (0.67–0.88) | 125/5777 | 0.89 (0.76–1.04) |
| Men | 398/5555 | 0.91 (0.85–0.98) | 363/5223 | 1.00 (0.92–1.09) |
| Stroke | 366/11,974 | 0.97 (0.90–1.05) | 365/11,932 1 | 1.01 (0.93–1.09) |
| Women | 143/6405 | 0.94 (0.83–1.06) | 143/6384 | 1.01 (0.89–1.15) |
| Men | 223/5569 | 0.97 (0.88–1.06) | 222/5548 | 1.00 (0.91–1.10) |
| Angina | 261/11,921 | 0.98 (0.90–1.07) | 261/11,879 1 | 1.04 (0.95–1.14) |
| Women | 105/6381 | 0.92 (0.79–1.06) | 105/6360 | 1.02 (0.88–1.19) |
| Men | 156/5540 | 1.02 (0.91–1.14) | 156/5519 | 1.08 (0.96–1.21) |
1 Adjusted for gender, age, daily cigarette smoking, SBP, and total cholesterol. 2 Adjusted for gender, age, alcohol consumption, daily cigarette smoking, BMI, SBP, and total cholesterol. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, CI: confidence interval, CVD: cardiovascular disease, OR: odds ratio, SBP: systolic blood pressure.