Hazard ratios (95% CI) for level of education attained in relation to cardiovascular disease
| Adjustment | Educational attainment | p Value for linearity | p Value for interaction by region | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary | Secondary | Primary or none | |||
| All cardiovascular disease (fatal or non-fatal) | |||||
| Australasia | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 | 1.12 (0.99 to 1.27) | 1.23 (1.10 to 1.39) | <0.001 | |
| Multiple | 1 | 1.04 (0.92 to 1.18) | 1.11 (0.99 to 1.25) | 0.0693 | |
| Asia | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 | 1.15 (0.94 to 1.42) | 1.73 (1.42 to 2.11) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Multiple | 1 | 1.08 (0.88 to 1.33) | 1.61 (1.32 to 1.96) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| All coronary disease (fatal or non-fatal) | |||||
| Australasia | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 | 1.18 (1.00 to 1.39) | 1.33 (1.14 to 1.56) | <0.001 | |
| Multiple | 1 | 1.05 (0.89 to 1.23) | 1.15 (0.98 to 1.35) | 0.06 | |
| Asia | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 | 1.10 (0.77 to 1.56) | 1.32 (0.93 to 1.86) | 0.08 | 0.95 |
| Multiple | 1 | 1.01 (0.71 to 1.44) | 1.18 (0.83 to 1.67) | 0.25 | 0.80 |
| All stroke (fatal or non-fatal) | |||||
| Australasia | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 | 1.12 (0.89 to 1.41) | 1.17 (0.94 to 1.47) | 0.18 | |
| Multiple | 1 | 1.06 (0.84 to 1.33) | 1.08 (0.86 to 1.36) | 0.52 | |
| Asia | |||||
| Age, sex | 1 | 1.08 (0.80 to 1.45) | 1.72 (1.30 to 2.26) | <0.001 | 0.01 |
| Multiple | 1 | 1.01 (0.75 to 1.36) | 1.54 (1.17 to 2.04) | <0.001 | 0.01 |
Multiple adjustment is for age, sex, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, body mass index, smoking and alcohol drinking.
For numbers of events, see online supplementary appendix table S5.