Immigrant status and increased risk of heart failure: the role of hypertension and life-style risk factors

Table 3 Interaction between immigration status and waist circumference (WC) on incidence of HF in the MDC cohort

	INCIDENT HF WITHOUT PRIOR MI HR† (95% Cl)	ALL INCIDENT HF HR† (95% Cl)
Interaction term Immigrant status*WC	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Swedish-born with normal WC (reference)	1	1
Swedish- born with high WC	1.67 (1.38-2.02)	1.71 (1.45-2.03)
Foreign- born with normal WC	1.17 (0.85-1.60)	1.06 (0.79-1.42)
Foreign- born with high WC	2.62 (1.87-3.67)	2.45 (1.80-3.34)

Hazard ratio HR† adjusted for age, sex, civil status, education level, smoking habits, alcohol consumption, physical activities, BP-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medication, systolic BP, leukocyte count and diabetes mellitus. Cl, confidence interval.

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