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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Epidemiol. 2013 Sep 14;28(10):10.1007/s10654-013-9847-2. doi: 10.1007/s10654-013-9847-2

Table 2.

Incidence of coronary heart disease by level of educational attainmenta among participants in the follow-up of the Dutch Monitoring Project on Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases (MORGEN) 1994–2008

Educational attainment No. of events/No. of participants Incidence per 1000 person-years (95% CI)
Low 419/7068 7.31 (6.40, 8.35)
Medium 134/4286 5.86 (4.88, 7.03)
High 122/3713 5.10 (4.21, 6.17)
a

Poisson regression was used to estimate age- and sex-adjusted incidence rates by level of educational attainment.