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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Aug;23(3):1000–1010. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0103

Table 2.

RELATIVE RISK OF CONDITION ACCORDING TO AGE AND ETHNICITY COMPARED TO CAUCASIANS

Native Hawaiian Japanese Chinese Filipino Korean





Condition A Age RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI) RR (95% CI)
Hypertension 18–34 1.95 (1.81, 2.10) 1.54 (1.53, 1.55) 0.96 (0.85, 1.08) 2.14 (1.99, 2.31) 1.26 (1.05, 1.51)
35–49 2.15 (2.11, 2.20) 1.90 (1.87, 1.94) 1.42 (1.37, 1.46) 2.23 (2.18, 2.27) 1.22 (1.15, 1.29)
50–64 1.56 (1.55, 1.58) 1.45 (1.44, 1.46) 1.34 (1.33, 1.35) 1.62 (1.61, 1.63) 1.21 (1.18, 1.23)
65–85 1.14 (1.13, 1.15) 1.09 (1.09, 1.10) 1.11 (1.10, 1.11) 1.15 (1.14, 1.15) 1.08 (1.06, 1.09)
Hyperlipidemia 18–34 1.30 (1.23, 1.38) 1.37 (1.37, 1.38) 1.71 (1.58, 1.85) 1.73 (1.63, 1.83) 2.00 (1.78, 2.24)
35–49 1.31 (1.29, 1.33) 1.57 (1.55, 1.59) 1.54 (1.51, 1.57) 1.56 (1.53, 1.58) 1.54 (1.49, 1.58)
50–64 1.18 (1.17, 1.19) 1.28 (1.28, 1.29) 1.26 (1.25, 1.27) 1.25 (1.24, 1.25) 1.27 (1.26, 1.28)
65–85 1.10 (1.09, 1.11) 1.15 (1.15, 1.16) 1.14 (1.13, 1.15) 1.12 (1.11, 1.13) 1.13 (1.11, 1.14)
Diabetes 18–34 2.13 (1.82, 2.49) 2.38 (2.35, 2.42) 1.27 (1.00, 1.62) 1.87 (1.59, 2.21) 1.61 (1.09, 2.37)
35–49 3.41 (3.22, 3.60) 2.31 (2.19, 2.44) 1.71 (1.58, 1.85) 2.51 (2.36, 2.66) 1.87 (1.65, 2.12)
50–64 3.20 (3.13, 3.28) 2.34 (2.29, 2.39) 2.04 (1.97, 2.10) 2.90 (2.83, 2.97) 1.82 (1.73, 1.92)
65–85 2.20 (2.14, 2.27) 1.69 (1.65, 1.74) 1.85 (1.79, 1.91) 2.14 (2.08, 2.21) 1.78 (1.69, 1.88)
Heart Disease 18–34 1.70 (1.17, 2.46) 1.31 (1.29, 1.33) 0.95 (0.49, 1.83) 0.75 (0.46, 1.24) NA
35–49 1.89 (1.73, 2.07) 0.93 (0.84, 1.02) 0.62 (0.52, 0.74) 0.95 (0.85, 1.06) 0.93 (0.72, 1.20)
50–64 1.92 (1.87, 1.98) 1.17 (1.14, 1.20) 1.28 (1.23, 1.33) 1.27 (1.23, 1.32) 1.02 (0.94, 1.10)
65–85 1.23 (1.20, 1.26) 0.81 (0.79, 0.82) 0.99 (0.97, 1.02) 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) 0.93 (0.88, 0.98)

CI = Confidence Interval