Table 3 Cox regression analysis: indicators of socioeconomic status and risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD).
Women* | IHD (ICD‐9 410–414) | Acute myocardial infarction (ICD‐9 410) | Acute/subacute IHD (ICD‐9 411) | Angina pectoris (ICD‐9 413) | Chronic IHD (ICD‐9 414) | |||||
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n (%) diseased | HR (95%CI) | n (%) diseased | HR (95%CI) | n (%) diseased | HR (95%CI) | n (%) diseased | HR (95%CI) | n (%) diseased | HR (95%CI) | |
Model 1 | ||||||||||
Education and training | ||||||||||
⩽10 years without vocational training | 33 (0.5) | 0.62 (0.41 to 0.92) | 9 (0.1) | 0.48 (0.23 to 1.00) | 1 (0.01) | 0.29 (0.03 to 3.21) | 12 (0.2) | 0.58 (0.30 to 1.11) | 11 (0.1) | 1.01 (0.51 to 2.00) |
⩽10 years with vocational training | 18 (0.1) | 0.25 (0.16 to 0.39) | 2 (0.01) | 0.13 (0.02 to 0.35) | 3 (0.02) | 0.72 (0.13 to 3.93) | 9 (0.05) | 0.32 (0.16 to 0.64) | 4 (0.03) | 0.24 (0.10 to 0.58) |
>12 years, college/university degree | 30 (0.6) | 1.0 | 10 (0.2) | 1.0 | 2 (0.05) | 1.0 | 12 (0.3) | 1.0 | 6 (0.1) | 1.0 |
Model 2: | ||||||||||
Occupational position | 15 | |||||||||
Unskilled semiskilled positions | 51 (0.3) | 2.64 (1.74 to 4.01) | 17 (0.1) | 5.29 (1.82 to 15.31) | 3 (0.02) | 3.01 (0.31 to 29.02) | 23 (0.2) | 2.11 (1.15 to 3.91) | 8 (0.1) | 2.93 (1.44 to 5.98) |
Skilled manuals | 4 (0.2) | 1.62 (0.67 to 3.90) | 1 (0.05) | 3.87 (0.71 to 21.17) | 2 (0.1) | 25.35 (2.63 to 243.97) | 1 (0.06) | 1.66 (0.48 to 5.73) | 0 (0) | — |
Non‐manuals, intermediate positions, professionals | 19 (0.1) | 1.0 | 3 (0.02) | 1.0 | 1 (0.01) | 1.0 | 9 (0.1) | 1.0 | 6 (0.04) | 1.0 |
Model 3: | ||||||||||
Income | ||||||||||
Lower two quintiles | 51 (0.3) | 2.09 (1.16 to 3.76) | 15 (0.1) | 3.00 (0.87 to 10.32) | 2 (0.03) | 0.51 (0.07 to 3.64) | 21 (0.3) | 1.73 (0.74 to 4.04) | 13 (0.2) | 3.18 (0.93 to 10.87) |
Medium quintile | 15 (0.2) | 1.29 (0.63 to 2.65) | 3 (0.1) | 1.90 (0.45 to 7.97) | 2 (0.03) | 1.07 (0.15 to 7.57) | 5 (0.1) | 0.81 (0.25 to 2.54) | 5 (0.1) | 1.90 (0.45 to 7.96) |
Upper two quintiles | 15 (0.2) | 1.0 | 3 (0.04) | 1.0 | 2 (0.01) | 1.0 | 7 (0.04) | 1.0 | 3 (0.02) | 1.0 |
ICD, International Classification of Diseases
*Employed people only, aged 25–65 years.
†Main effects of education and training, occupational position and income.