| Continuous Variables | Total Population (N = 16,857) | Swedish-Born (n = 14,849) | Non-Swedish-Born (n = 2,008) | P-Value | |||
| Age (yrs) mean (SD) | 57.43 (7.88) | 57.6 (7.9) | 56.5 (7.7) | 0.000 | |||
| BMI, mean (SD) | 25.4 (4.2) | 25.3 (4.2) | 26.3 (4.5) | 0.000 | |||
| Categorical Variables | Sample (n) | Percentage (%) | Sample (n) | Percentage (%) | Sample (n) | Percentage (%) |
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| Hypertension | 9,517 | 56.5 | 8,428 | 56.8 | 1,089 | 54.2 | 0.032 |
| Use of BP-lowering treatment | 2,706 | 16.1 | 2,374 | 16.0 | 332 | 16.5 | 0.531 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 405 | 2.4 | 347 | 2.3 | 58 | 2.9 | 0.130 |
| Anti-diabetic treatment | 177 | 1.1 | 151 | 1.0 | 26 | 1.3 | 0.252 |
| Lipid-lowering treatment | 344 | 2.0 | 306 | 2.1 | 38 | 1.9 | 0.617 |
| Smoking habits |
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| Never-smoker | 7,469 | 44.3 | 6,589 | 44.4 | 880 | 43.8 | 0.112 |
| Ex-smokers | 4,661 | 27.7 | 4,133 | 27.8 | 528 | 26.3 |
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| Current smoker | 4,727 | 28.0 | 4,127 | 27.8 | 600 | 29.9 |
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| Socio-economic level |
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| Low | 10,217 | 60.6 | 9,136 | 61.5 | 1,081 | 53.8 | 0.000 |
| High | 6,640 | 39.4 | 5,713 | 38.5 | 927 | 46.2 |
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| Marital status |
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| Married | 10,223 | 60.6 | 9,068 | 61.1 | 1,155 | 57.5 | 0.002 |
| unmarried/widow | 6,634 | 39.4 | 5,781 | 38.9 | 853 | 42.5 |
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| Physical activity |
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| No/low | 4,018 | 23.8 | 3,462 | 23.3 | 556 | 27.7 | 0.000 |
| Moderate/high | 12,839 | 76.2 | 11,387 | 76.7 | 1,452 | 72.3 |
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