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Table 3 The relative measures of educational inequality in deaths with/without mention of musculoskeletal disorders

From: Educational inequalities in mortality associated with rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders in Sweden

 

Rheumatoid arthritis

Other MSK disorders

No mention of MSK disorders

Hazard ratio a

RII

Hazard ratio a

RII

Hazard ratio a

RII

Low

Medium

 

Low

Medium

 

Low

Medium

 

30–69 years

 All

2.4 (1.6, 3.7)

1.7 (1.1, 2.6)

3.4 (1.9, 5.9)

2.8 (2.1, 3.7)

2.1 (1.5, 2.8)

3.8 (2.6, 5.3)

1.9 (1.8, 1.9)

1.5 (1.4, 1.5)

2.4 (2.3, 2.5)

 Men

2.1 (1.0, 4.7)

1.3 (0.5, 2.9)

3.2 (1.1, 9.7)

2.4 (1.6, 3.7)

2.2 (1.4, 3.4)

2.7 (1.7, 4.4)

1.9 (1.8, 2.0)

1.5 (1.5, 1.6)

2.3 (2.2, 2.4)

 Women

2.6 (1.6, 4.4)

1.9 (1.1, 3.2)

3.7 (1.9, 7.1)

3.2 (2.2, 4.7)

1.9 (1.3, 2.9)

5.1 (3.1, 8.5)

1.9 (1.8, 2.0)

1.4 (1.4, 1.5)

2.5 (2.3, 2.6)

70–79 years

 All

2.2 (1.6, 3.2)

1.6 (1.1, 2.3)

2.7 (1.9, 3.9)

1.7 (1.3, 2.1)

1.4 (1.1, 1.8)

1.9 (1.4, 2.5)

1.5 (1.4, 1.5)

1.3 (1.2, 1.3)

1.6 (1.6, 1.7)

 Men

2.8 (1.3, 5.8)

2.0 (0.9, 4.3)

3.3 (1.5, 7.0)

2.0 (1.4, 2.9)

1.6 (1.1, 2.4)

2.3 (1.5, 3.5)

1.4 (1.4, 1.5)

1.2 (1.2, 1.3)

1.6 (1.5, 1.7)

 Women

2.1 (1.4, 3.1)

1.5 (1.0, 2.3)

2.6 (1.7, 4.0)

1.4 (1.0, 1.9)

1.2 (0.8, 1.7)

1.5 (1.0, 2.2)

1.5 (1.4, 1.6)

1.3 (1.2, 1.3)

1.7 (1.6, 1.8)

80+ years

 All

1.8 (1.3, 2.5)

1.6 (1.1, 2.2)

1.7 (1.2, 2.3)

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

1.2 (1.0, 1.4)

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

1.3 (1.2, 1.3)

1.1 (1.1, 1.2)

1.4 (1.3, 1.4)

 Men

2.1 (1.1, 3.8)

1.7 (0.9, 3.2)

2.1 (1.1, 3.9)

1.7 (1.3, 2.2)

1.5 (1.2, 2.0)

1.6 (1.2, 2.2)

1.2 (1.2, 1.3)

1.1 (1.1, 1.1)

1.3 (1.3, 1.4)

 Women

1.8 (1.2, 2.6)

1.6 (1.1, 2.3)

1.6 (1.1, 2.2)

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

1.1 (0.9, 1.4)

1.3 (1.3, 1.4)

1.2 (1.2, 1.2)

1.4 (1.3, 1.4)

  1. RII relative index of inequality, MSK musculoskeletal. Models were adjusted for sex, marital status, and place of born (Nordic vs. non-Nordic)
  2. a High education as reference group
  3. Values in parentheses display 95% confidence interval
  4. Statistically significant results (p<0.05) are in bold