Table 2 The relative risk of cardiomyopathy in first-generation immigrants vs Swedish-born individuals expressed as hazard ratios (HR) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CI)

Men

Sweden

18,214

1

1

1

All foreign-born

2566

0.81

0.77

0.86

0.99

0.93

1.06

0.92

0.86

0.98

Nordic countries

969

0.82

0.75

0.90

1.07

0.97

1.18

1.00

0.91

1.10

Southern Europe

104

0.50

0.38

0.66

0.71

0.54

0.94

0.80

0.60

1.06

Western Europe

210

0.88

0.72

1.08

1.13

0.93

1.38

1.02

0.83

1.24

Eastern Europe

337

0.91

0.77

1.06

0.95

0.81

1.12

0.86

0.73

1.01

Baltic countries

34

0.73

0.45

1.18

0.79

0.48

1.28

0.68

0.42

1.11

Central Europe

172

1.04

0.84

1.30

1.17

0.94

1.46

0.94

0.75

1.16

Africa

166

1.25

1.00

1.56

1.45

1.16

1.82

1.35

1.07

1.69

Northern America

30

0.45

0.27

0.76

0.69

0.41

1.16

0.71

0.42

1.19

Latin America

59

0.52

0.36

0.76

0.58

0.40

0.84

0.72

0.49

1.04

Asia

458

0.78

0.68

0.89

0.89

0.77

1.02

0.78

0.68

0.90

Russia

19

0.72

0.37

1.38

0.88

0.46

1.69

0.76

0.39

1.46

Women

Sweden

11,042

1

1

1

All foreign-born

1499

0.87

0.80

0.94

1.00

0.92

1.08

0.90

0.83

0.98

Nordic countries

697

0.87

0.77

0.97

1.03

0.92

1.15

0.93

0.83

1.05

Southern Europe

41

0.58

0.37

0.90

0.86

0.55

1.35

0.91

0.58

1.43

Western Europe

130

1.01

0.79

1.30

1.17

0.91

1.51

1.02

0.79

1.31

Eastern Europe

150

0.88

0.70

1.11

0.89

0.70

1.13

0.80

0.63

1.02

Baltic countries

29

0.95

0.56

1.62

1.01

0.59

1.72

0.93

0.55

1.59

Central Europe

107

1.01

0.76

1.33

1.06

0.80

1.39

0.94

0.71

1.23

Africa

40

0.97

0.62

1.52

1.07

0.68

1.69

0.93

0.59

1.46

Northern America

18

0.58

0.29

1.13

0.83

0.42

1.63

0.77

0.39

1.50

Latin America

48

0.83

0.55

1.26

0.91

0.60

1.38

0.99

0.65

1.50

Asia

221

0.86

0.70

1.04

0.93

0.76

1.14

0.78

0.63

0.95

Russia

17

0.75

0.38

1.50

0.90

0.45

1.79

0.76

0.38

1.51