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. 2007 Jul;61(7):605–611. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.047340

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)
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.