Hazard ratios (95% CI) for cardiovascular mortality by socioeconomic group among participants, non-participants and the whole sample in FINRISK surveys 1972–92
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participated | Did not participate | Whole sample | Number of deaths | Participated | Did not participate | Whole sample | Number of deaths | |
| *Upper non-manual employees of the participants used as the reference group. | ||||||||
| †Upper non-manual employees of the whole sample used as the reference group. | ||||||||
| ‡Higher education group used as the reference group. | ||||||||
| §Higher education group of the whole sample used as the reference group. | ||||||||
| ¶Highest income tertile of the participants used as the reference group. | ||||||||
| **Highest income tertile of the whole sample used as the reference group. | ||||||||
| Occupational class | ||||||||
| Upper non-manual employees | 1 | 2.56* (1.36 to 4.82) | 1† | 50 | 1 | 0* | 1† | 6 |
| Lower non-manual employees | 1.29 (0.87 to 1.91) | 2.97 (1.65 to 5.33) | 1.21 (0.86 to 1.71) | 92 | 1.35 (0.56 to 3.23) | 3.56 (1.26 to 10.01) | 1.75 (0.74 to 4.11) | 41 |
| Manual workers | 2.05 (1.46 to 2.88) | 3.01 (2.05 to 4.41) | 1.86 (1.39 to 2.50) | 473 | 1.73 (0.75 to 4.02) | 5.15 (2.08 to 12.73) | 2.38 (1.04 to 5.48) | 80 |
| Farmers | 1.59 (1.12 to 2.28) | 2.42 (1.46 to 4.00) | 1.43 (1.05 to 1.96) | 220 | 2.09 (0.90 to 4.88) | 6.31 (2.39 to 16.71) | 2.72 (1.18 to 6.31) | 75 |
| Other employers | 2.00 (1.33 to 3.01) | 2.17 (1.13 to 4.17) | 1.72 (1.20 to 2.47) | 73 | 2.14 (0.79 to 5.79) | 2.02 (0.24 to 16.81) | 2.41 (0.90 to 6.44) | 12 |
| Others | 3.45 (2.38 to 5.01) | 5.56 (3.67 to 8.43) | 3.40 (2.47 to 4.69) | 189 | 4.10 (1.75 to 9.63) | 6.94 (2.73 to 17.61) | 5.26 (2.26 to 12.25) | 78 |
| 1097 | 292 | |||||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Higher education | 1 | 2.37‡ (1.36 to 4.15) | 1§ | 70 | 1 | 0‡ | 1§ | 8 |
| Secondary education | 1.55 (1.12 to 2.17) | 1.51 (0.79 to 2.90) | 1.35 (1.00 to 1.82) | 111 | 1.33 (0.59 to 2.98) | 2.85 (0.86 to 9.45) | 1.65 (0.75 to 3.63) | 27 |
| Primary education | 1.84 (1.39 to 2.44) | 3.24 (2.39 to 4.39) | 1.79 (1.40 to 2.29) | 916 | 1.90 (0.93 to 3.87) | 4.98 (2.37 to 10.47) | 2.54 (1.25 to 5.17) | 257 |
| 1097 | 292 | |||||||
| Income | ||||||||
| Highest tertile | 1 | 1.61** (1.14 to 2.28) | 1†† | 244 | 1 | 1.20¶ (0.48 to 3.02) | 1** | 53 |
| Middle tertile | 1.36 (1.14 to 1.63) | 1.78 (1.28 to 2.46) | 1.33 (1.12 to 1.57) | 332 | 1.38 (0.96 to 1.99) | 3.87 (2.27 to 6.59) | 1.57 (1.12 to 2.21) | 93 |
| Lowest tertile | 1.74 (1.47 to 2.07) | 3.26 (2.62 to 4.06) | 1.87 (1.60 to 2.19) | 521 | 1.63 (1.15 to 2.31) | 4.24 (2.77 to 6.51) | 1.93 (1.40 to 2.66) | 146 |
| 1097 | 292 | |||||||