Women born in Sweden (n = 14,849)

Women born outside Sweden (n = 2,008)

Low SES

High SES

p-value

Low SES

High SES

p-value

Age, mean (SD), years

57.3 ± 7.7

57.9 ± 7.1

<0.001

56.3 ± 7.5

56.8± 7.8

0.124

BMI, mean (SD)

25.5 ± 4.3

25.0 ± 4.0

<0.001

26.5 ± 4.6

26.1 ± 4.4

0.06

Hypertension %

35.7 (5,305)

21.0 (3123)

<0.001

29.2 (586)

25.0 (503)

0.981

Use of BP-lowering treatment %

10.1 (1,505)

5.9 (869)

<0.05

8.5 (171)

8.0 (161)

0.352

Diabetes Mellitus %

1.5 (219)

0.9 (128)

0.539

1.9 (38)

1.0 (20)

0.07

Anti-diabetic treatment %

0.6 (94)

0.4 (57)

0.854

1.0 (20)

0.3 (6)

<0.05

Lipid-lowering treatment %

1.4 (210)

0.6 (96)

<0.05

1.1 (22)

0.8 (16)

0.612

Smoking habits

Never-smoker %

27.8 (4,124)

16.6 (2,465)

<0.001

24.0 (482)

19.8 (398)

<0.05

Ex-smoker %

15.8 (2,340)

12.1 (1,793)

12.9 (260)

13.3 (268)

Current smoker %

18.0 (2,672)

9.8 (1,455)

16.9 (339)

13.0 (261)

Marital status

Married %

38.4 (5,705)

22.6 (3,363)

<0.001

31.1 (625)

26.4 (530)

0.771

unmarried/ widow %

23.1 (3,431)

15.8 (2,350)

22.7 (456)

19.8 (397)

Variables

15.6 (2,310)

7.8 (1,152)

<0.001

15.4 (310)

12.3 (246)

0.285

46.0 (6,826)

30.7 (4,561)

38.4 (771)

33.9 (681)