Table 3 The relative risk of cardiomyopathy in first-generation immigrants vs. Swedish-born individuals expressed as hazard ratios (HR) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CI) in younger and older individuals

Men

Sweden

9455

1

8759

1

All foreign-born

1592

0.89

0.82

0.97

974

0.87

0.79

0.96

Nordic countries

511

0.92

0.81

1.05

458

0.89

0.77

1.02

Southern Europe

62

0.82

0.57

1.19

42

0.62

0.40

0.96

Western Europe

70

0.89

0.63

1.26

140

1.03

0.81

1.32

Eastern Europe

240

0.84

0.70

1.02

97

0.77

0.58

1.04

Baltic countries

5

1.10

0.30

3.93

29

0.73

0.43

1.24

Central Europe

98

0.90

0.67

1.20

74

0.90

0.64

1.26

Africa

144

1.40

1.10

1.79

22

1.31

0.71

2.41

Northern America

12

0.53

0.23

1.20

18

0.99

0.50

1.94

Latin America

52

0.78

0.52

1.16

7

0.48

0.16

1.41

Asia

383

0.83

0.70

0.97

75

0.82

0.59

1.14

Russia

7

0.67

0.23

1.97

12

1.04

0.45

2.36

Women

Sweden

5174

1

5868

1

All foreign-born

812

0.84

0.75

0.94

687

0.90

0.80

1.02

Nordic countries

303

0.78

0.66

0.93

394

0.88

0.76

1.02

Southern Europe

19

0.75

0.39

1.45

22

0.91

0.49

1.69

Western Europe

33

1.03

0.62

1.69

97

1.02

0.76

1.37

Eastern Europe

113

0.81

0.62

1.07

37

0.69

0.43

1.11

Baltic countries

1

0.27

0.02

4.70

28

1.14

0.67

1.96

Central Europe

64

0.82

0.57

1.18

43

0.99

0.64

1.54

Africa

38

1.17

0.73

1.87

2

1.01

0.13

7.56

Northern America

8

0.99

0.36

2.73

10

0.82

0.33

2.03

Latin America

39

1.07

0.68

1.70

9

1.06

0.41

2.74

Asia

186

0.91

0.72

1.13

35

0.87

0.53

1.41

Russia

7

0.77

0.26

2.26

10

1.10

0.45

2.72