The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report: The Glasgow Effect

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Table 3: Estimated odds ratios for having had a doctor-diagnosed heart attack, by associated risk factors

Aged 16 and over
2008/2009

Independent variables

Base (weighted) 11,685

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Residence

(p=0.011)

Rest of Scotland

9,011

1

Greater Glasgow and Clyde

2,674

1.42

1.08, 1.86

Sex

(p<0.001)

Male

5,711

1

Female

5,974

0.37

0.29, 0.46

Age

(p<0.001)

16-54

7,681

0.13

0.08, 0.21

55-64

1,813

0.51

0.36, 0.72

65-74

1,307

0.73

0.54, 1.00

75+

884

1

Smoking status

(p<0.001)

Never/ex-occasional smoker

6,095

1

Ex-regular smoker

2,632

2.63

1.96, 3.52

Light smoker

799

1.96

1.12, 3.43

Moderate smoker

1,191

2.36

1.52, 3.65

Heavy smoker/don't know how many smoke a day

967

2.44

1.57, 3.80

Physical activity

(p<0.001)

Low

3,403

1

Medium

3,691

0.57

0.42, 0.77

High

4,591

0.50

0.36, 0.71

BMI

(p<0.001)

< 25 kg/m 2

4,054

1

=25 kg/m 2 and < 30 kg/m 2

4,441

1.71

1.24, 2.35

=30 kg/m 2

3,190

2.44

1.77, 3.37

Weekly alcohol limit

(p=0.026)

Below weekly limit

8,845

1

Over weekly limits

2,840

0.68

0.48, 0.95

Abstainer

(p<0.001)

No

10,377

1

Yes

1,308

1.77

1.36, 2.31

Marital status

(p=0.002)

Married/civil partner and living together

5,959

1

Single (never married/civil partnership)

3,641

0.47

0.28, 0.80

Married/civil partner and separated

391

1.15

0.62, 2.13

Divorced/civil partnership legally dissolved

847

0.98

0.62, 1.54

Widowed/surviving civil partner

848

1.55

1.12, 2.16

Household tenure

(p=0.003)

Owner Occupied

8,378

1

Private Rental

1,135

0.53

0.30, 0.92

Social Rental

2,172

1.37

1.03, 1.82

Stepparent

(p=0.002)

No

11,561

1

Yes

124

0.05

0.01, 0.33

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