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Table 4 The relative risk of cardiomyopathy in male first-generation immigrants vs male Swedish-born individuals expressed as hazard ratios (HR) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CI) by type of cardiomyopathy (CMP)

From: Cardiomyopathy among first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a nationwide total population study

 

Obs

Dilated CMP

Obs

Hypertrophic CMP

Obs

Other types

HR*

99% CI

HR*

99% CI

HR*

99% CI

Men

Sweden

6662

1

  

2325

1

  

9227

1

  

All foreign-born

866

0.90

0.80

1.00

453

1.22

1.04

1.43

1247

0.89

0.81

0.98

Nordic countries

378

1.26

1.09

1.45

104

0.85

0.64

1.14

487

0.97

0.84

1.10

Southern Europe

34

0.97

0.60

1.55

20

1.11

0.58

2.11

50

0.75

0.50

1.12

Western Europe

71

1.07

0.77

1.48

30

1.08

0.64

1.84

109

1.01

0.76

1.32

Eastern Europe

111

0.80

0.60

1.06

55

1.13

0.76

1.67

171

0.91

0.72

1.13

Baltic countries

14

0.63

0.27

1.47

1

0.17

0.01

2.92

19

0.70

0.36

1.34

Central Europe

55

0.85

0.58

1.26

35

1.55

0.95

2.52

82

0.86

0.63

1.19

Africa

44

0.86

0.48

1.53

45

2.81

1.81

4.38

77

1.33

0.95

1.85

Northern America

10

0.78

0.30

2.00

4

0.68

0.16

2.84

16

0.74

0.36

1.50

Latin America

14

0.71

0.32

1.56

12

1.00

0.44

2.29

33

0.83

0.50

1.37

Asia

128

0.67

0.49

0.92

141

1.83

1.40

2.40

189

0.68

0.55

0.85

Russia

6

0.58

0.14

2.50

4

1.25

0.30

5.21

9

0.70

0.27

1.82

Women

Sweden

2619

1

  

2013

1

  

6410

1

  

All foreign-born

306

0.77

0.64

0.93

322

1.14

0.95

1.36

871

0.89

0.80

0.99

Nordic countries

151

1.03

0.83

1.29

123

0.90

0.69

1.17

423

0.95

0.82

1.10

Southern Europe

8

0.94

0.39

2.24

13

1.73

0.78

3.85

20

0.75

0.39

1.42

Western Europe

15

0.63

0.31

1.28

31

1.26

0.75

2.11

84

1.12

0.82

1.53

Eastern Europe

40

0.77

0.47

1.25

37

1.32

0.81

2.13

73

0.68

0.49

0.96

Baltic countries

4

0.49

0.09

2.64

8

1.25

0.46

3.45

17

0.94

0.47

1.87

Central Europe

18

0.68

0.33

1.41

28

1.47

0.85

2.54

61

0.90

0.62

1.30

Africa

12

0.71

0.25

2.03

7

1.35

0.45

4.00

21

0.87

0.47

1.63

Northern America

1

0.47

0.05

4.13

5

1.28

0.36

4.61

12

0.86

0.38

1.96

Latin America

8

0.72

0.26

2.02

12

1.67

0.73

3.83

28

0.97

0.57

1.68

Asia

47

0.55

0.33

0.90

51

1.37

0.90

2.09

123

0.76

0.58

0.99

Russia

2

0.43

0.03

5.44

7

1.93

0.65

5.68

8

0.61

0.22

1.66

  1. Significant findings are shown in bold
  2. *Fully adjusted