Table 3

Part 1 of the analyses: results of Cox regression analysis predicting time until beginning of therapy from the beginning of follow-up (the entire original sample included: migrants n=162 775, Finnish-borns n=177 861, each individual can have only one event)

AllMigrantsFinnish-born
HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)
Migrant (ref. Finnish-born)0.27 (0.25 to 0.28)
Age (ref. 15–29)
 30–440.57 (0.55 to 0.60)0.52 (0.46 to 0.59)0.58 (0.55 to 0.61)
 45 or more0.17 (0.16 to 0.19)0.12 (0.10 to 0.15)0.17 (0.16 to 0.19)
 Female (ref. male)2.76 (2.63 to 2.91)2.28 (2.02 to 2.58)2.90 (2.74 to 3.06)
SES (ref. upper white-collar workers)
 Entrepreneurs and farmers0.51 (0.45 to 0.57)0.37 (0.28 to 0.49)0.56 (0.48 to 0.64)
 Lower white-collar workers0.66 (0.62 to 0.70)0.65 (0.55 to 0.76)0.66 (0.62 to 0.70)
 Blue-collar workers0.35 (0.33 to 0.38)0.29 (0.24 to 0.34)0.39 (0.35 to 0.42)
 Not in employment0.58 (0.54 to 0.62)0.42 (0.36 to 0.50)0.68 (0.63 to 0.73)
Region of origin (ref. EU/EFTA, UK, North America and Australia)
 Eastern Europe0.46 (0.41 to 0.52)
 Middle East and Northern Africa0.34 (0.28 to 0.43)
 Sub-Saharan Africa0.14 (0.09 to 0.20)
 Asia0.17 (0.14 to 0.22)
Length of residence (ref. >15 years)
 <5 years0.39 (0.33 to 0.45)
 5–15 years0.66 (0.58 to 0.75)
  • Those whose therapy started before 2011 were excluded.

  • EU/EFTA, European Union/European Free Trade Association; SES, socioeconomic status.