Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression stratified for ethnicity and sex

	Indo-Mauritian	Creole	Sino-Mauritian	Men	Women
LVH/no LVH, n	584/6067	272/1653	19/313	378/3641	497/4400
Age (per year)	1.02 (1.01–1.03)	1.00 (0.99–1.02)	0.96 (0.91–1.01)	0.99 (0.98–1.00)	1.03 (1.02–1.04)
Sex (female vs men)	1.27 (1.03–1.57)	0.86 (0.64–1.14)	0.43 (0.14–1.32)
Survey (2015 vs 2009)	1.38 (1.15–1.65)	1.37 (1.04–1.79)	1.19 (0.44–3.24)	1.51 (1.21–1.89)	1.29 (1.06–1.58)
Hypertension (Y/N)	2.86 (2.33–3.49)	3.35 (2.44–4.60)	2.84 (0.94–8.59)	2.46 (1.93–3.13)	3.54 (2.80–4.47)
Diabetes (Y/N)	0.79 (0.66–0.96)	0.81 (0.60–1.08)	1.55 (0.51–4.69)	0.68 (0.53–0.87)	0.91 (0.74–1.12)
Creatinine (Z-score)	1.08 (1.01–1.15)	1.08 (0.98–1.18)	1.33 (0.81–2.21)	1.13 (1.05–1.21)	1.03 (0.95–1.10)
Smoking (Y/N)	1.42 (1.08–1.88)	0.88 (0.63–1.25)	1.96 (0.46–8.36)	1.18 (0.94–1.48)	0.93 (0.50–1.72)
Cholesterol (Z-score)	1.12 (1.03–1.21)	0.95 (0.83–1.09)	1.14 (0.70–1.86)	1.04 (0.93–1.15)	1.05 (0.95–1.15)
Known CVD	1.44 (1.07–1.93)	1.44 (0.90–2.31)	–	1.25 (0.86–1.82)	1.67 (1.19–2.35)
Educational level
None or primary 1–6 years	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary 1–6 years	0.65 (0.53–0.79)	0.82 (0.62–1.08)	0.71 (0.16–3.04)	0.69 (0.55–0.87)	0.72 (0.57–0.91)
Tertiary	0.63 (0.39–1.01)	0.23 (0.06–0.97)	1.26 (0.23–6.79)	0.60 (0.37–0.97)	0.56 (0.24–1.29)
Ethnicity
Indo-Mauritian				1.00	1.00
Creole				1.82 (1.44–2.31)	1.42 (1.14–1.78)
Sino-Mauritian				1.21 (0.67–2.18)	0.32 (0.13–0.79)

Values shown are ORs and (95% CIs).

CVD, cardiovascular disease; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; Y/N, yes/no.