Research Article
Cardiovascular Risk Profiles amongst Women in a Multiethnic Population in Inner City Britain: A Potential Impact of Anaemia
Table 1
Prevalence of anaemia and cardiovascular risk profiles by ethnic group for the study cohort.
| | | Female () | Male () | value* | | | Caucasian
() | South Asian
() | Afro-Caribbean
() | Caucasian
() | South Asian
() | Afro-Caribbean
() |
| | Age-adjusted percentage 3 types of anaemia, % (95% CI) | | Iron deficiency anaemia | 15.2
(14–17) | 22.0
(17.0–27.0) | 10.0
(4.2–15.0) | 12.1
(10.3–14) | 20.0
(13.0–27.2) | 4.0
(0.0–7.3) | <0.001 | | Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia | 5.5
(4.4–6.6) | 8.2
(4.9–11.5) | 0.8
(0–2.4) | 3.4
(2.4–4.4) | 0.7
(0–2.3) | 0.0 | 0.005 | | Anaemia of chronic disease | 73.0
(71.0–75.0) | 65.2
(60.0–71.0) | 53.0
(44.0–62.0) | 73.0
(71.0–75.4) | 70.5
(62.2–79.0) | 62.0
(52.3–71.4) | 0.001 |
| | Age-adjusted percentage of risk factors, % (95% CI) | | Type 2 diabetes | 6.3
(5.1–7.4) | 20.5
(16.0–25.4) | 9.2
(4.0–14.4) | 8.0
(6.2–9.1) | 13.0
(7.0–19.1) | 17.0
(9.4–24.0) | <0.001 | | Ischemic heart disease | 9.2
(8.0–11.0) | 11.4
(8.0–15.2) | 3.5
(0.2–7.0) | 11.0
(9.0–12.3) | 15.0
(8.2–21.0) | 0.0 | <0.001 | | Myocardial infarction | 1.6
(1.0–2.2) | 2.0
(0.2–3.4) | 0.0 | 3.0
(2.0–3.4) | 2.4
(0–5.1) | 0.0 | 0.094 | | Hypertension | 15.3
(14.0–17.0) | 29.2
(24.0–35.0) | 25.0
(17.0–32.2) | 13.0
(11.0–14.4) | 0.0 | 23.4
(15.1–31.8) | 0.996 | | Atrial fibrillation | 6.6
(5.4–7.8) | 1.1
(0–2.3) | 3.5
(0.2–6.9) | 5.0
(4.0–6.0) | 0.6
(0–20) | 2.4
(0–5.4) | <0.001 |
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CI: confidence interval.
*On the basis of chi-square test across all groups.
Data are age-adjusted percent (95% CI).
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