Table 10.7

C-reactive protein, by age within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 16 and over with a valid sample										1999
C-reactive protein (mg/l)		Age group
		Men					Women
		16-34	35-54	55 +	All men		16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed
Black Caribbean
Mean	1.4		1.8	4.2	2.5	1.9		2.6	4.8	2.8
Standard error of the mean	0.18		0.22	0.77	0.29	0.25		0.33	0.71	0.24
Median	0.6		1.1	1.8	1.1	1.0		1.4	2.6	1.4
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	6.2		13.4	25.4	14.6	9.2		11.5	29.5	14.7
Indian
Mean	1.9		3.7	4.2	3.2	2.5		3.4	5.2	3.4
Standard error of the mean	0.29		0.75	0.82	0.41	0.38		0.31	1.07	0.27
Median	0.9		1.5	2.1	1.4	0.7		2.0	3.3	1.8
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	10.4		21.0	28.8	19.0	13.1		19.4	28.4	18.6
Pakistani
Mean	2.7		2.3	[3.0]	2.6	2.8		5.3	b	4.0
Standard error of the mean	0.72		0.21	[0.49]	0.36	0.34		0.59	b	0.31
Median	1.1		1.6	[1.9]	1.3	1.5		4.2	b	2.1
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	9.8		16.1	[24.1]	14.2	15.6		44.5	b	28.5
Bangladeshi
Mean	1.4		3.2	[3.8]	2.5	2.1		4.4	b	3.1
Standard error of the mean	0.24		0.61	[0.68]	0.27	0.31		0.75	b	0.33
Median	0.7		1.5	[2.4]	1.1	0.9		2.7	b	1.3
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	7.0		21.4	[22.9]	15.0	10.9		21.4	b	16.3
Chinese
Mean	[1.4]		1.4	[4.2]	1.9	[5.2]		1.5	b	2.4
Standard error of the mean	[0.48]		0.44	[2.11]	0.49	[1.93]		0.16	b	0.47
Median	[0.5]		0.5	[1.0]	0.6	[0.5]		0.8	b	0.8
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	[8.6]		2.4	[18.2]	7.2	[16.9]		2.8	b	6.8
Irish
Mean	1.8		2.8	4.1	3.0	2.8		3.7	4.9	3.9
Standard error of the mean	0.23		0.43	0.51	0.27	0.75		0.42	0.59	0.32
Median	0.9		1.2	2.1	1.4	1.2		1.4	2.7	1.7
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	12.3		17.2	31.4	20.5	17.6		19.6	22.2	19.9
General population (1998)c
Mean	1.9		2.2	4.8	3.0	3.0		3.0	4.6	3.6
Standard error of the mean	0.12		0.08	0.21	0.09	0.14		0.12	0.16	0.08
Median	0.7		1.2	2.3	1.4	1.3		1.3	2.5	1.7
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	9.8		15.3	33.1	20.0	15.3		15.8	26.8	19.6
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	79		53	69	201	86		111	56	252
Indian	120		178	67	365	128		165	59	353
Pakistani	86		67	25	178	97		53	14	164
Bangladeshi	25		15	14	53	28		13	3	44
Chinese	13		23	9	45	13		35	7	54
Irish	208		466	292	965	291		597	376	1264
General population (1998)	c		c	c	c	c		c	c	c
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	110		78	97	285	128		163	77	368
Indian	125		190	72	387	134		176	64	374
Pakistani	146		116	42	304	164		93	25	282
Bangladeshi	101		54	44	199	110		52	14	176
Chinese	42		69	30	141	38		108	24	170
Irish	71		154	107	332	104		197	139	440
General population (1998)	1310		1912	1716	4938	1397		2140	1965	5502

^a The general population top quintile.

^b Data not shown because of small bases.

^c Comparative data for the general population are not available on this topic from the 1999 survey itself, and for this table comparative data have therefore been taken from the 1998 survey, in which no weighting was involved.

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