Coronary heart disease risks in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden : a follow-up study
(2006) In Journal of Internal Medicine 259(4). p.27-418- Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To analyse whether there is an association between country of birth in first-generation immigrants and first hospitalization for or death from coronary heart disease (CHD) and to analyse whether this association remains in second-generation immigrants.
DESIGN: In this follow-up study, the MigMed database at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, was used to identify all hospital diagnoses of and deaths from incident CHD in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 2001. Incidence ratios standardized by age, geographical region and socio-economic status were estimated by sex in first- and second-generation immigrants; the reference group was Swedish-born people whose parents... (More)
OBJECTIVES: To analyse whether there is an association between country of birth in first-generation immigrants and first hospitalization for or death from coronary heart disease (CHD) and to analyse whether this association remains in second-generation immigrants.
DESIGN: In this follow-up study, the MigMed database at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, was used to identify all hospital diagnoses of and deaths from incident CHD in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 2001. Incidence ratios standardized by age, geographical region and socio-economic status were estimated by sex in first- and second-generation immigrants; the reference group was Swedish-born people whose parents were both born in Sweden.
SUBJECTS: The total Swedish population aged 25-69 years.
RESULTS: First-generation immigrants from Finland, central European countries, other eastern European countries and Turkey had higher rates of CHD than men or women in the reference group. First-generation immigrant women born in southern Europe, other western European countries and Baltic countries had lower CHD risks than the reference group. Sons of both male and female first-generation immigrants showed CHD risks similar to or slightly higher than those of their parents. Amongst second-generation women, only subjects with Finnish fathers or mothers had higher risks of developing CHD than the reference.
CONCLUSIONS: Increased risks of CHD found in some first-generation immigrant groups often persist in second-generation immigrant men. Healthcare professionals and policy makers should take this into account when designing and undertaking measures to prevent CHD.
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- Sundquist, K LU and Li, Xinjun LU
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- 2006-04
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Coronary Disease/epidemiology, Emigration and Immigration, Europe/ethnology, Female, Finland/ethnology, Follow-Up Studies, Geography, Hospitalization, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Risk Factors, Sex Distribution, Social Class, Sweden/epidemiology, Turkey/ethnology
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- Journal of Internal Medicine
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- 259
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- pmid:16594910
- scopus:33644899071
- ISSN
- 0954-6820
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01630.x
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- English
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- 5a5bb5b9-f7c6-45f8-8e3c-a2951c084739
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abstract = {{<p>OBJECTIVES: To analyse whether there is an association between country of birth in first-generation immigrants and first hospitalization for or death from coronary heart disease (CHD) and to analyse whether this association remains in second-generation immigrants.</p><p>DESIGN: In this follow-up study, the MigMed database at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, was used to identify all hospital diagnoses of and deaths from incident CHD in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 2001. Incidence ratios standardized by age, geographical region and socio-economic status were estimated by sex in first- and second-generation immigrants; the reference group was Swedish-born people whose parents were both born in Sweden.</p><p>SUBJECTS: The total Swedish population aged 25-69 years.</p><p>RESULTS: First-generation immigrants from Finland, central European countries, other eastern European countries and Turkey had higher rates of CHD than men or women in the reference group. First-generation immigrant women born in southern Europe, other western European countries and Baltic countries had lower CHD risks than the reference group. Sons of both male and female first-generation immigrants showed CHD risks similar to or slightly higher than those of their parents. Amongst second-generation women, only subjects with Finnish fathers or mothers had higher risks of developing CHD than the reference.</p><p>CONCLUSIONS: Increased risks of CHD found in some first-generation immigrant groups often persist in second-generation immigrant men. Healthcare professionals and policy makers should take this into account when designing and undertaking measures to prevent CHD.</p>}},
author = {{Sundquist, K and Li, Xinjun}},
issn = {{0954-6820}},
keywords = {{Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Coronary Disease/epidemiology; Emigration and Immigration; Europe/ethnology; Female; Finland/ethnology; Follow-Up Studies; Geography; Hospitalization; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Statistical; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Social Class; Sweden/epidemiology; Turkey/ethnology}},
language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{Journal of Internal Medicine}},
title = {{Coronary heart disease risks in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden : a follow-up study}},
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doi = {{10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01630.x}},
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