| Aged 35 and over with
a valid fasting blood sample |
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|
1999 |
|
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) |
Minority ethnic group
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|
General
population |
| |
Black |
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| |
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
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| Men |
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| Observed |
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|
|
|
|
|
| Mean |
1.5 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
1.7 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.08 |
0.20 |
0.11 |
0.20 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
0.12 |
| % >= 1.6 mmol/l |
28.3 |
53.2 |
60.5 |
64.3 |
33.4 |
50.5 |
35.2 |
|
| Standardised |
| Mean triglycerides: ratio
of means |
0.80 |
1.22 |
1.13 |
1.43 |
0.85 |
1.16 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.03 |
0.07 |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
| % >= 1.6 mmol/l (risk
ratio) |
1.27 |
2.56 |
2.29 |
1.63 |
1.32 |
2.41 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.25 |
0.28 |
0.29 |
0.28 |
0.26 |
0.27 |
|
|
| Women |
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|
|
|
| Observed |
| Mean |
1.1 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
[2.0] |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
| Standard error of the mean |
0.04 |
0.06 |
0.11 |
[0.25] |
0.12 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
| % >= 1.6 mmol/l |
17.9 |
34.0 |
45.1 |
[64.0] |
27.8 |
30.0 |
31.2 |
|
| Standardised |
| Mean triglycerides: ratio
of means |
0.91 |
1.25 |
1.34 |
[1.48] |
1.28 |
1.17 |
1 |
| Standard error of the ratio |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
[0.07] |
0.06 |
0.04 |
| % >= 1.6 mmol/l (risk
ratio) |
0.96 |
2.28 |
1.85 |
[1.58] |
1.72 |
2.01 |
1 |
| Standard error
of the ratio |
0.18 |
0.31 |
0.34 |
[0.32] |
0.33 |
0.26 |
|
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| Bases (weighted): |
| Men |
89 |
176 |
63 |
17 |
25 |
544 |
15557 |
| Women |
121 |
166 |
42 |
9 |
33 |
740 |
20527 |
|
| Bases (unweighted): |
| Men |
124 |
187 |
108 |
60 |
77 |
191 |
181 |
| Women |
174 |
179 |
77 |
35 |
101 |
258 |
237 |
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