Table 4.

Hazard ratios and synergy indexes (SI) of CVD mortality measured in 2013 as a result of the interaction of discrimination and mental health, economic vulnerability and social participation as measured in 2008 among 18–81 year olds resident in Scania, Sweden (n=28,062).

Variable	HR	CI (95%)	SI
Mental health
Neither	1
Discrimination, good mental health	1.53	0.82–2.86
No discrimination, poor mental health	2.42	2.04–2.87
Discrimination and poor mental health	3.13	1.98–4.95	1.09
Social participation
No discrimination and high social participation	1
Discrimination, high social participation	1.47	0.65–3.31
No discrimination, low social participation	1.86	1.6–2.16
Discrimination and low social participation	3.41	2.21–5.28	1.81
Economic vulnerability
No discrimination, no economic vulnerability	1
Discrimination, no economic vulnerability	1.91	1.23–2.94
No discrimination, economic vulnerability	2.27	1.76–2.94
Discrimination and economic vulnerability	2.69	1.34–5.4	n/a