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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2010 Aug;20(8):617–628. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.003

Table 3a.

Socioeconomic Status (SES) Differences in Estimated 10-year CHD Risk (Odds Ratios Compared to High SES, with 95% Confidence Intervals), Stratified by Race/Ethnicity, Before and After Adjusting for Physical Activity, Current Smoking, and Central Obesity; United States 2001-2006

Unadjusted * Adjusted
Cumulative
Odds Ratio
Odds Ratio
for Highest
Risk Group
Cumulative
Odds Ratio
Odds Ratio
for Highest
Risk Group
Non-Hispanic White Men (Reference group: High SES, n=1405)
 Low SES (n=339) 2.0 (1.4-2.9) 4.0 (2.3-6.9) 1.2 (0.8-1.8) 2.3 (1.3-4.1)
 Middle SES (n=1364) 1.4 (1.2-1.6) 1.9 (1.4-2.6) 1.0 (0.9-1.2) 1.6 (1.1-2.2)
 P-value for Trend <0.0001 <0.0001 0.5 0.001
Non-Hispanic White Women (Reference group: High SES, n=1317)
 Low SES (n=325) 2.2 (1.6-3.0) 4.6 (2.5-8.6) 1.2 (0.8-1.6) 2.4 (1.2-4.6)
 Middle SES (n=1368) 1.5 (1.3-1.8) 2.1 (1.3-3.3) 1.1 (0.9-1.3) 1.4 (0.8-2.2)
 P-value for Trend <0.0001 <0.0001 0.3 0.02
Non-Hispanic Black Men (Reference group: High SES, n=348)
 Low SES (n=245) 1.4 (1.0-2.0) 3.3 (1.7-6.6) 0.9 (0.6-1.3) 2.8 (1.3-6.2)
 Middle SES (n=544) 1.2 (0.9-1.5) 2.3 (1.1-4.9) 0.9 (0.6-1.2) 2.1 (1.0-4.5)
 P-value for Trend 0.04 <0.0001 0.6 0.009
Non-Hispanic Black Women (Reference group: High SES, n=346)
 Low SES (n=251) 1.7 (1.2-2.4) 2.8 (1.3-6.3) 1.1 (0.7-1.6) 1.6 (0.6-4.5)
 Middle SES (n=555) 1.5 (1.1-1.9) 3.2 (1.5-6.6) 1.1 (0.9-1.5) 2.8 (1.1-7.3)
 P-value for Trend 0.001 0.002 0.6 0.4
US Born Mexican American Men (Reference group: High SES, n=130)
 Low SES (109) 1.7 (1.0-2.9) 1.5 (0.6-3.8) 1.3 (0.6-2.5) 1.4 (0.4-4.7)
 Middle SES (n=200) 1.2 (0.7-2.0) 0.4 (0.1-1.1) 1.0 (0.6-1.7) 0.3 (0.1-1.0)
 P-value for Trend 0.08 0.5 0.5 0.7
US Born Mexican American Women (Reference group: High SES, n=141)
 Low SES (n=121) 2.8 (1.4-5.6) 5.8 (0.9-35.4) 1.4 (0.7-3.2) 2.3 (0.5-11.0)
 Middle SES (n=252) 1.4 (0.9-2.2) 3.6 (0.6-22.2) 1.0 (0.6-1.9) 1.8 (0.3-11.0)
 P-value for Trend 0.005 0.02 0.3 0.2
Foreign Born Mexican American Men (Reference group: Middle and High SES, n=320)‡
 Low SES (n=407) 1.2 (0.9-1.6) 1.1 (0.3-3.5) 1.1 (0.8-1.5) 0.9 (0.3-3.1)
 P-value 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.9
Foreign Born Mexican American Women (Reference group: Middle and High SES, n=247) ‡
 Low SES (n=351) 1.5 (1.1-2.0) 27 (3.6-204) 1.4 (0.9-2.0) 24 (2.3-246)
 P-value 0.02 0.001 0.1 0.007