Table 10.8

C-reactive protein, by social class of head of household

Aged 16 and over with a valid sample						1999
C-reactive protein (mg/l)		Social class of head of household
		Men			Women
		Non-			Non-
		manual	Manual		manual	Manual
Observed
Black Caribbean
Mean	2.5		2.5	2.5		3.2
Standard error of the mean	0.61		0.33	0.29		0.40
Median	0.9		1.1	1.4		1.5
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	14.9		15.3	12.3		17.6
Indian
Mean	2.9		3.6	3.1		3.6
Standard error of the mean	0.53		0.64	0.31		0.46
Median	1.4		1.3	1.8		1.7
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	17.7		20.4	17.1		19.8
Pakistani
Mean	2.0		3.1	3.4		4.3
Standard error of the mean	0.21		0.62	0.44		0.46
Median	1.1		1.5	1.7		2.3
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	14.3		14.6	22.0		32.1
Bangladeshi
Mean	[2.8]		2.4	b		2.6
Standard error of the mean	[0.66]		0.31	b		0.33
Median	[1.2]		1.1	b		1.1
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	[16.9]		14.5	b		14.5
Chinese
Mean	2.1		1.7	3.0		1.5
Standard error of the mean	0.55		0.95	0.80		0.20
Median	0.5		0.7	0.9		0.8
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	9.2		4.6	8.2		4.4
Irish
Mean	3.3		2.7	3.3		4.7
Standard error of the mean	0.50		0.27	0.38		0.54
Median	1.2		1.5	1.4		2.4
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	21.4		19.6	18.2		22.6
General population (1998)c
Mean	2.8		3.3	3.4		3.7
Standard error of the mean	0.11		0.13	0.13		0.11
Median	1.3		1.4	1.5		1.9
% >3.7 (men), >4.9 (women)a	17.9		22.4	17.1		22.1
Standardised
Top quintile mg/l (risk ratio)
Black Caribbean	1.01		0.73	0.79		0.88
Standard error of the ratio	0.24		0.15	0.16		0.15
Indian	0.96		1.19	0.90		1.17
Standard error of the ratio	0.16		0.18	0.15		0.18
Pakistani	0.82		0.91	1.51		2.17
Standard error of the ratio	0.21		0.17	0.27		0.27
Bangladeshi	[0.76]		0.88	b		1.19
Standard error of the ratio	[0.31]		0.18	b		0.27
Chinese	0.68		0.31	0.95		0.23
Standard error of the ratio	0.22		0.19	0.30		0.14
Irish	1.09		1.04	0.98		1.25
Standard error of the ratio	0.19		0.18	0.16		0.18
General population (1998)c	0.91		1.09	0.89		1.12
Standard error of the ratio	0.05		0.06	0.05		0.06
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	63		131	119		119
Indian	161		189	164		172
Pakistani	67		101	58		80
Bangladeshi	10		41	6		33
Chinese	27		17	31		21
Irish	434		521	653		589
General population (1998)	c		c	c		c
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	90		186	173		174
Indian	186		189	185		173
Pakistani	108		180	97		145
Bangladeshi	32		154	24		130
Chinese	80		58	97		65
Irish	148		180	211		222
General population (1998)	2373		2481	2787		2572

^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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