N (%) | Adjustment† | ||||||
Sex | Childhood social class | Current social class | Academic/vocational qualifications | Annual gross earnings‡ | Multiple | ||
Current smoker | 2979 (36.5) | 0.84 (0.80 to 0.88) | 0.87 (0.83 to 0.91) | 0.94 (0.89 to 0.98) | 1.01 (0.96 to 1.06) | 0.86 (0.82 to 0.91) | 1.04 (0.98 to 1.11) |
Ever smoked | 4529 (55.4) | 0.92 (0.88 to 0.96) | 0.93 (0.89 to 0.97) | 1.01 (0.96 to 1.06) | 1.08 (1.03 to 1.14) | 0.93 (0.88 to 0.98) | 1.08 (1.02 to 1.15) |
Given up smoking | 1550 (34.2) | 1.25 (1.18 to 1.34) | 1.18 (1.10 to 1.26) | 1.15 (1.07 to 1.23) | 1.10 (1.02 to 1.18) | 1.16 (1.07 to 1.25) | 1.02 (0.93 to 1.11) |
Overweight* | 3270 (41.6) | 0.88 (0.84 to 0.92) | 0.93 (0.89 to 0.98) | 0.92 (0.88 to 0.97) | 0.94 (0.80 to 0.99) | 0.89 (0.84 to 0.94) | 0.94 (0.88 to 0.99) |
Obese* | 887 (11.3) | 0.84 (0.79 to 0.91) | 0.89 (0.83 to 0.96) | 0.88 (0.81 to 0.95) | 0.93 (0.86 to 1.00) | 0.86 (0.79 to 0.94) | 0.97 (0.88 to 1.07) |
High blood pressure | 628 (7.7) | 0.90 (0.83 to 0.98) | 0.92 (0.84 to 0.99) | 0.91 (0.83 to 0.99) | 0.93 (0.85 to 1.01) | 0.89 (0.80 to 0.98) | 0.94 (0.84 to 1.06) |
Diabetes | 82 (1.0) | 0.89 (0.72 to 1.11) | 0.85 (0.68 to 1.07) | 0.88 (0.70 to 1.12) | 0.92 (0.72 to 1.17) | 1.10 (0.83 to 1.15) | 1.09 (0.79 to 1.57) |
*Data on body mass index were available for a subset of 7861 study participants.
†Odds ratios are individually adjusted for the covariate shown. The multiply adjusted model contains all covariates in the table.
‡Characteristics according to earnings are based on a subset of 5996 participants with these data.