HRs (95% CI) for the prospective association between area deprivation index score and first CVD events
| European men | N | CVD events | HR (95% CI)* | HR (95% CI)† |
| Deprivation index first quintile‡ (least deprived) | 39 670 | 1323 | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) |
| Deprivation index second quintile | 30 499 | 1142 | 1.15 (1.06 to 1.25) | 1.13 (1.04 to 1.22) |
| Deprivation index third quintile | 24 467 | 1066 | 1.31 (1.21 to 1.42) | 1.23 (1.13 to 1.33) |
| Deprivation index fourth quintile | 19 183 | 950 | 1.46 (1.34 to 1.59) | 1.34 (1.23 to 1.46) |
| Deprivation index fifth quintile (most deprived) | 12 903 | 774 | 1.68 (1.54 to 1.84) | 1.48 (1.35 to 1.62) |
| Deprivation index missing | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 126 736 | 5255 | ||
| Deprivation index as continuous (per two unit increase on the decile score) | 1.14 (1.12 to 1.16) | 1.10 (1.08 to 1.13) | ||
| Indian men | ||||
| Deprivation index first quintile (least deprived) | 2115 | 73 | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) |
| Deprivation index second quintile | 3455 | 108 | 0.92 (0.69 to 1.24) | 0.92 (0.68 to 1.23) |
| Deprivation index third quintile | 4143 | 146 | 1.13 (0.86 to 1.50) | 1.08 (0.82 to 1.43) |
| Deprivation index fourth quintile | 5838 | 241 | 1.33 (1.02 to 1.72) | 1.25 (0.96 to 1.63) |
| Deprivation index fifth quintile (most deprived) | 4659 | 234 | 1.59 (1.23 to 2.07) | 1.48 (1.14 to 1.93) |
| Deprivation index missing | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 210 | 802 | ||
| Deprivation index as continuous (per two unit increase on the decile score) | 1.16 (1.09 to 1.22) | 1.13 (1.07 to 1.20) | ||
| European women | ||||
| Deprivation index first quintile (least deprived) | 29 388 | 639 | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) |
| Deprivation index second quintile | 22 587 | 623 | 1.24 (1.11 to 1.39) | 1.20 (1.08 to 1.34) |
| Deprivation index third quintile | 18 900 | 557 | 1.28 (1.15 to 1.44) | 1.22 (1.09 to 1.36) |
| Deprivation index fourth quintile | 14 919 | 532 | 1.51 (1.34 to 1.69) | 1.39 (1.24 to 1.56) |
| Deprivation index fifth quintile (most deprived) | 9545 | 499 | 2.00 (1.78 to 2.25) | 1.76 (1.57 to 1.98) |
| Deprivation index missing | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 95 347 | 2 850 | ||
| Deprivation index as continuous (per two unit increase on the decile score) | 1.17 (1.14 to 1.20) | 1.13 (1.10 to 1.16) | ||
| Indian women | ||||
| Deprivation index first quintile (least deprived) | 1737 | 31 | 1.00 (ref) | 1.00 (ref) |
| Deprivation index second quintile | 2609 | 47 | 0.92 (0.59 to 1.46) | 0.91 (0.58 to 1.44) |
| Deprivation index third quintile | 2876 | 67 | 1.30 (0.85 to 1.98) | 1.28 (0.83 to 1.95) |
| Deprivation index fourth quintile | 3899 | 112 | 1.55 (1.04 to 2.31) | 1.41 (0.95 to 2.10) |
| Deprivation index fifth quintile (most deprived) | 3051 | 97 | 1.60 (1.06 to 2.39) | 1.47 (0.0.98 to 2.20) |
| Deprivation index missing | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 173 | 354 | ||
| Deprivation index as continuous (per two unit increase on the decile score) | 1.17 (1.07 to 1.26) | 1.13 (1.04 to 1.23) |
*Adjusted for age.
†Adjusted for Framingham risk score.
‡The quintiles are based on the distribution of the first principal component scores for the New Zealand Index of Socioeconomic Deprivation, where quintile 1 indicates residence in the 20% of the least deprived census meshblock areas in New Zealand.
CVD, cardiovascular disease.