Table 2

Relative risks of death associated with low employment grade by age at risk: crude and adjusted for smoking status, diastolic (DBP) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) and plasma cholesterol (Whitehall study, all cause mortality)

Age group at risk		Crude		Smoking status			SBP and DBP			Plasma cholesterol		Smoking, SBP, DBP and plasma cholesterol
Age group at risk		Crude		Adj^2-150	Adj^2-151		Adj^2-150	Adj^2-151		Adj^2-150	Adj^2-151	Adj^2-150	Adj^2-151
55–59	2.06	1.88	1.83		2.04	2.03	2.07	2.09	1.85	1.80
60–64	1.73	1.58	1.55		1.72	1.70	1.74	1.74	1.57	1.53
65–69	1.53	1.41	1.40		1.52	1.53	1.54	1.54	1.40	1.39
70–74	1.46	1.34	1.33		1.44	1.44	1.47	1.47	1.33	1.32
75–79	1.34	1.24	1.25		1.33	1.32	1.35	1.35	1.24	1.25
80–84	1.35	1.25	1.29		1.34	1.35	1.37	1.35	1.25	1.28
85–89	1.25	1.17	1.19		1.23	1.26	1.26	1.25	1.14	1.19
p Value of decline	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Slope^2-152	−0.0725	−0.0694	−0.0594		−0.0737	−0.0705	−0.0721	−0.0746	−0.0694	−0.0579
% Reduction in rate ratio per 5 years	7.00	6.70	5.77		7.11	6.81	6.96	7.19	6.71	5.62
(95% confidence intervals)	(4.1, 9.8)	(3.8, 9.5)	(2.8, 8.7)		(4.2, 9.9)	(3.9, 9.6)	(4.1, 9.8)	(4.3, 10.0)	(3.8, 9.5)	(2.6, 8.5)

↵2-150 Adjusted for the overall effect of the risk factor on mortality.
↵2-151 Adjusted for the overall effect of the risk factor and the interaction of the risk factor with age.
↵2-152 The estimated slope gives the change in the log relative risk of death for low versus high employment grade for an increase in 5 year age groups.