Age adjusted prevalence (in percentage) of hypertension and prevalence difference adjusted for hypertension risk factors according to social class
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-manual workers | Skilled manual workers | Unskilled manual workers | % Reduction* | Non-manual workers | Skilled manual workers | Unskilled manual workers | % Reduction* | |
| * Percentage of the age adjusted prevalence difference in unskilled manual workers explained by the adjustment factors. | ||||||||
| Number of participants | 588 | 620 | 255 | 705 | 678 | 346 | ||
| Age adjusted prevalence | 63.3 | 65.6 | 67.9 | 63.9 | 69.9 | 70.0 | ||
| Prevalence difference (95% confidence interval) adjusted for: | ||||||||
| Age | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.6 | – | 0.0 | 5.7 | 5.5 | – |
| (−2.9, 8.0) | (−2.0, 11.8) | (0.8, 11.0) | (0.0, 11.5) | |||||
| Age and general obesity | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 20.0 |
| (−1.6, 9.5) | (−1.9, 11.3) | (−0.6, 10.3) | (−1.1, 10.4) | |||||
| Age and central obesity | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 38.2 |
| (−2.5, 7.5) | (−2.1, 11.3) | (0.1, −1.5, 8.6 | (0.8, 9.8) | |||||
| Age and physical activity | 0.0 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 14.5 |
| (−2.8, 8.1) | (−2.4, 11.5) | (0.6, 10.3) | (−0.7, 10.6) | |||||
| Age and heavy alcohol intake | 0.0 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| (−2.9, 8.0) | (−1.9, 11.9) | (0.8, 10.7) | (−0.4, 11.6) | |||||
| Age and heavy intake of cured meats | 0.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 18.2 |
| (−3.0, 7.9) | (−2.1, 11.6) | (0.7, 10.7) | (−1.1, 10.4) | |||||
| Age and height | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 14.5 |
| (−3.3, 7.6) | (−2.0, 11.9) | (0.6, 9.5) | (−0.4, 10.3) | |||||
| Age and father’s social class | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 32.6 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 16.4 |
| (−3.5, 7.6) | (−3.6, 10.7) | (0.3, 10.4) | (−1.2, 11.0) | |||||
| Age and all factors | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 45.6 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 67.3 |
| (−3.5, 7.9) | (−4.1, 9.8) | (−0.5, 5.5) | (−1.7, 5.6) | |||||