Table 4. Association between cardiovascular monitoring recorded within a set interval and language preference (adjusteda ORs with 95% confidence intervals).
Smoking cessation history recorded
within 15 months, 
OR (95% CI)
BP recorded
within 9 months, 
OR (95% CI)
Cholesterol recorded
within 15 months, 
OR (95% CI)
HbA1c recorded
within 15 months, 
OR (95% CI)
English
n
= 161 938
1
n
= 60 046
1
n
= 135 228
1
n
= 7467
1
n
= 151 101
Non-English
n
= 47 790
1.06 (1.01 to 1.11)b
n
= 16 707
0.98 (0.95 to 1.02)
n
= 38 199
1.02 (0.88 to 1.19)
n
= 2207
1.09 (0.93 to 1.28)
n
= 3047
Portuguese
n = 9862
1.24 (0.96 to 1.59)
n
= 3844
1.17 (0.97 to 1.4)
n = 7841
1.17 (0.8 to 1.71)
n
= 215
1.43 (0.91 to 2.24)
n
= 581
Spanish
n = 7882
1.03 (0.83 to 1.28)
n
= 2713
0.93 (0.84 to 1.02)
n
= 6147
1.38 (0.89 to 2.13)
n
= 220
0.95 (0.66 to 1.36)
n
= 419
French
n = 4968
0.87 (0.76 to 0.99)b
n
= 1688
0.73 (0.67 to 0.8)c
n
= 3887
0.87 (0.62 to 1.22)
n
= 133
0.92 (0.62 to 1.37)
n
= 232
Polish
n = 4311
1.12 (0.76 to 1.65)
n
= 1701
0.94 (0.79 to 1.13)
n
= 3168
1.2 (0.66 to 2.18)
n
= 56
1.17 (0.56 to 2.47)
n
= 98
Somali
n = 1567
1.14 (0.8 to 1.61)
n
= 443
0.95 (0.8 to 1.1)
n
= 1371
0.68 (0.38 to 1.22)
n
= 60
1.01 (0.65 to 1.57)
n
= 139
Other
n = 19 380
0.98 (0.84 to 1.16)
n
= 6318
0.99 (0.91 to 1.08)
n
= 15 785
0.92 (0.73 to 1.17)
n
= 1523
1.03 (0.84 to 1.26)
n
= 1578
Not recorded
n
= 92 676
1.06 (1.02 to 1.11)c
n
= 30 372
0.86 (0.84 to 0.89)c
n
= 68 876
1.29 (1.16 to 1.42)c
n
= 3584
0.98 (0.87 to 1.11)
n
= 5094
  • aMultiple logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity and practice clustering. b P<0.05. c P<0.01. BP = blood pressure. OR = odds ratio.