Table 5

Age-adjusted and risk factors-adjusted RII for CHD incidence, and % change in the index due to traditional and behavioural risk factors in women

	Age			RFs-adjusted*			% Change†
							All RFs*	One RF at a time
	RII	95% CI		RII	95% CI		All RFs*	Non HDL C	HDL C	Systolic BP‡	Smoke	DM
Northern Sweden	1.99	1.16	3.40	1.41	0.82	2.42	−50.5	−9.5	−2.6	−24.9	−11.3	−10.8
Finland (East/West)	1.69	1.32	2.15	1.40	1.09	1.79	−36.0	−11.6	−8.3	−15.0	−2.2	−7.7
Denmark (Glostrup)	2.56	1.64	4.02	1.92	1.22	3.02	−30.8	−11.3	−15.5	2.4	−15.4	0.5
Scotland	2.72	1.49	4.97	1.53	0.83	2.84	−57.3	−4.7	−20.1	−11.4	−32.0	0.2
Germany (Augsburg)	1.72	1.01	2.96	1.54	0.89	2.66	−20.5	−6.1	−26.3	−9.0	7.3	−16.8
Northern Italy (Brianza)	3.80	1.30	11.07	3.98	1.34	11.8	3.4	−0.5	−5.5	−2.5	6.0	1.3
Southern Italy (Latina/Moli-sani)	1.71	0.61	4.78	1.49	0.51	4.33	−25.5	7.7	−14.1	−57.8	30.7	−16.5
Lithuania (Kaunas)	2.56	0.90	7.32	2.18	0.73	6.5	−17.2	10.0	−4.9	−1.4	3.1	−15.7
All populations	2.01	1.69	2.39	1.56	1.31	1.86	−35.8	−8.2	−13.2	−10.3	−7.3	−5.7

Women, 35–64 years old, free of CHD at baseline.
RII: Relative Index of Inequality, as the ratio of the hazards of CHD incidence for the least educated and the most educated subjects.
*Non-HDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive drug, diabetes, smoking. Models are additionally adjusted by centre and by cohort.
†Per cent of change in log(RII) between the age and the risk factor (RF) adjusted models, computed as (ln(RII(RFadj))−ln(RII(age)))/ln(RII(age)).
‡Includes systolic blood pressure and antihypertensive drug. In bold: RII significantly different from 1
BP, blood pressure; C, cholesterol; CHD, coronary heart disease; DM, diabetes mellitus.