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. 2007 Nov;97(11):1927–1928. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.119248

TABLE 1—

Risk of Myocardial Infarction by Socioeconomic Position (SEP) and Exposure to Increasing Number of Risk Factors: Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992–1994

Childhood Nonmanual Worker SEP Childhood Manual Worker SEP
Adult Nonmanual Worker SEP, OR (95% CI) Adult Manual Worker SEP, OR (95% CI) Adult Nonmanual Worker SEP, OR (95% CI) Adult Manual Worker SEP, OR (95% CI)
Total, No. 405 87 404 285
No. of risk factors
    0 Ref 1.27 (0.49, 3.29) 1.12 (0.68, 1.85) 0.96 (0.52, 1.76)
    1 1.18 (0.75, 1.86) 2.13 (1.07, 4.22) 1.54 (1.00, 2.39) 2.64 (1.66, 4.20)
    2 2.03 (1.26, 3.27) 2.71 (1.32, 5.55) 2.25 (1.43, 3.54) 3.21 (2.01, 5.12)
    ≥ 3 3.39 (2.02, 6.69) 4.12 (2.23, 7.61) 4.55 (2.74, 7.58) 4.79 (3.03, 7.57)

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.