Table 2. Results of logistic regression analysis of relationship between federal state^*1 and prevalence of major cardiovascular disease^*2.

State	Odds ratio*3	95% CI	p-value
Schleswig-Holstein	1.34	[1.06; 1.68]	0.01
Hamburg	1.17	[0.86; 1.60]	0.2
Lower Saxony	1.33	[1.12; 1.57]	0.001
Bremen	1.21	[0.77; 1.89]	0.4
North Rhine-Westphalia	1.27	[1.1; 1.48]	0.002
Hesse	1.26	[1.06; 1.5]	0.01
Rhineland-Palatinate	1.48	[1.21; 1.81]	< 0.001
Baden-Württemberg	1.00	Reference
Bavaria	1.15	[0.98; 1.34]	0.09
Saarland	0.93	[0.66; 1.31]	0.7
Berlin	1.32	[1.06; 1.63]	0.01
Brandenburg	1.30	[1.06; 1.59]	0.01
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania	1.27	[0.97; 1.67]	0.09
Saxony	1.16	[0.97; 1.39]	0.1
Saxony-Anhalt	1.55	[1.25; 1.92]	< 0.001
Thuringia	1.30	[1.04; 1.62]	0.02
West (states of old FRG excl. Berlin)	1.00	Reference
East (states of old GDR incl. Berlin)	1.07	[0.98; 1.16]	0.1

(n = 62 214)

^*1 Arranged according to official code number for state

^*2 Myocardial infarction, other coronary heart disease, heart failure, or stroke

^*3 Adjusted for age, sex, social status, community size, and survey wave

CI, Confidence interval; FRG, Federal Republic of Germany; GDR, German Democratic Republic