Table 6

Cause specific mortality hazard ratios according to level of cleanliness in the childhood home

Cause of death (number of deaths)Level of cleanliness (number of individuals in category)p Value for trend
Very good (326)Fair: reference (2198)Poor (1036)
All cause(795)unadjusted6-150 1.20 (0.91, 1.58)1.00.97 (0.82, 1.16)0.21
adjusted6-151 1.15 (0.88, 1.50)1.01.05 (0.88, 1.25)0.82
CHD(233)unadjusted6-150 1.31 (0.80, 2.14)1.01.32 (0.97, 1.81)0.37
adjusted6-151 1.32 (0.81, 2.14)1.01.42 (1.03, 1.97)0.21
Stroke(68)unadjusted6-150 1.05 (0.49, 2.23)1.00.52 (0.28, 0.95)0.07
adjusted6-151 1.18 (0.53, 2.62)1.00.56 (0.30, 1.05)0.08
Cancer(247)unadjusted6-150 0.97 (0.60, 1.57)1.00.91 (0.68, 1.22)0.66
adjusted6-151 0.91 (0.56, 1.46)1.01.02 (0.75, 1.38)0.71
Cancers not related to smoking(116)unadjusted6-150 1.15 (0.62, 2.12)1.00.95 (0.63, 1.43)0.62
adjusted6-151 1.08 (0.59, 1.97)1.01.07 (0.70, 1.64)0.90
Lung cancer(71)unadjusted6-150 1.22 (0.62, 2.41)1.00.91 (0.54, 1.55)0.53
adjusted6-151 1.13 (0.55, 2.31)1.01.01 (0.58, 1.74)0.85

  • ↵6-150 All models were stratified by sex and district, and robust standard errors calculated to account for clustering within families.

  • ↵6-151 Adjusted for year of birth, income, food expenditure, childhood social class, and adult Townsend score.