Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 10.9

Fibrinogen, by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over with a valid sample             1999

Fibrinogen (g/l)
Minority ethnic group
        General
population
(1998)
a
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Men              

Observed              
Mean 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6
Standard error of the mean 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.04 0.01
Median 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5

Standardised
Mean fibrinogen: ratio of means 1.00 1.00 1.04 1.07 1.05 1.04 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02  

Women              

Observed
Mean 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8
Standard error of the mean 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.01
Median 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7

Standardised
Mean fibrinogen: ratio of means 1.01 1.03 1.09 1.09 1.02 1.01 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02  


Bases (weighted) :
Men 177 319 167 48 42 903 a
Women 223 315 145 41 47 1147 a

Bases (unweighted) :
Men 251 341 285 180 131 304 4480
Women 323 337 251 161 147 391 4926


a
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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