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

Table 3.11

Positive ECG measurements (by the Minnesota coding) in informants aged 35 and over, by minority ethnic group

Aged 35 and over with a valid ECG measurement         1999

Positive ECG measurementsa
Minority ethnic group
       
General
population
   
Black
         
   
Caribbean
Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Men              

Observed %              
All positive ECG measurements 27.1 19.0 21.0 31.1 11.9 24.4 29.5
Major Q waves 11.2 9.2 13.7 16.9 5.1 12.0 14.7

Standardised risk ratios
All positive ECG measurements 0.96 0.74 0.91 1.14 0.52 0.87 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.19 0.13 0.18 0.23 0.15 0.14
Major Q waves 0.68 0.86 1.47 1.78 0.60 1.01 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.20 0.24 0.41 0.55 0.28 0.27  

Women

Observed %              
All positive ECG measurements 23.5 26.5 19.4 19.1 18.3 25.4 24.2
Major Q waves 8.6 10.1 9.4 2.6 8.1 16.1 17.9

Standardised risk ratios
All positive ECG measurements 1.29 1.53 1.40 1.09 1.23 1.39 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.22 0.25 0.28 0.27 0.26 0.22
Major Q waves 0.66 0.84 0.92 0.20 0.65 1.28 1
Standard error of the ratio 0.17 0.20 0.28 0.12 0.22 0.25  


Bases (weighted):
Men 128 242 88 34 33 710 18468
Women 170 225 69 21 47 859 23262

Bases (unweighted):
Men 187 250 146 121 105 244 239
Women 250 241 119 89 150 300 277


a
Positive ECG = Q waves, S-T depression, T wave inversion or flattening, left bundle branch blocking.





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