Incidence of coronary heart disease, chronic bronchitis, and depression by employment grade, father's social class, height and own education. Men—odds ratios adjusted for (a) age and (b) age and employment grade
| Coronary heart disease | Chronic bronchitis | Depression | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Events | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Events | Odds ratio (95% CI) | ||||||
| Age adjusted | Age and grade adjusted | Age adjusted | Age and grade adjusted | Age adjusted | Age and grade adjusted | ||||||
| Employment grade | |||||||||||
| Low | 33 | 1.57 | 44 | 2.39 | 93 | 1.50 | |||||
| Intermediate | 225 | 1.36 | 144 | 1.14 | 522 | 1.17 | |||||
| High | 144 | 1.0 | 99 | 1.0 | 370 | 1.0 | |||||
| Trend2-150 | 1.30 (1.1, 1.5) | 1.44 (1.2, 1.7) | 1.20 (1.1, 1.4) | ||||||||
| (p=0.003) | (p=0.0002) | (p=0.009) | |||||||||
| Father's social class | |||||||||||
| IV or V | 23 | 0.86 | 0.83 (0.5, 1.3) | 19 | 0.94 | 0.85 (0.5, 1.4) | 64 | 0.71 | 0.67 (0.5, 1.0) | ||
| IIIm | 98 | 1.05 | 1.02 (0.8, 1.4) | 71 | 1.18 | 1.11 (0.8, 1.5) | 212 | 0.86 | 0.82 (0.6, 1.0) | ||
| IIInm | 40 | 0.79 | 0.77 (0.5, 1.1) | 30 | 0.91 | 0.86 (0.6, 1.3) | 113 | 0.98 | 0.95 (0.7, 1.3) | ||
| I or II | 116 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 81 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 284 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Trend2-150 | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 0.98 (0.9, 1.1) | 1.04 (0.9, 1.2) | 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) | 0.91 (0.8, 1.0) | 0.89 (0.8, 1.0) | |||||
| (p=0.93) | (p=0.77) | (p=0.61) | (p=0.99) | (p=0.07) | (p=0.02) | ||||||
| Height (quartile) | |||||||||||
| Q1 (shortest) | 115 | 1.49 | 1.36(1.0, 1.9) | 88 | 1.20 | 1.00 (0.7, 1.4) | 249 | 1.13 | 1.03 (0.8, 1.3) | ||
| Q2 | 114 | 1.64 | 1.58 (1.2, 2.1) | 60 | 0.86 | 0.82 (0.6, 1.2) | 242 | 1.13 | 1.09 (0.9, 1.4) | ||
| Q3 | 95 | 1.33 | 1.30 (0.9, 1.8) | 65 | 0.87 | 0.85 (0.6, 1.2) | 262 | 1.18 | 1.17 (0.9, 1.5) | ||
| Q4 (tallest) | 77 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 73 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 230 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Trend2-150 | 1.14 (1.0, 1.3) | 1.11 (1.0, 1.2) | 1.06 (1.0, 1.2) | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | 1.03 (1.0, 1.1) | 1.0 (0.9, 1.1) | |||||
| (p=0.005) | (p=0.03) | (p=0.33) | (p=0.99) | (p=0.44) | (p=0.95) | ||||||
| Age at leaving full time education (y) | |||||||||||
| ⩽16 | 91 | 1.10 | 1.01 (0.7, 1.4) | 59 | 1.00 | 0.79 (0.5, 1.1) | 189 | 0.86 | 0.74 (0.6, 1.0) | ||
| 17–18 | 76 | 0.94 | 0.89 (0.7, 1.2) | 58 | 1.06 | 0.97 (0.7, 1.4) | 193 | 0.81 | 0.75 (0.6, 1.0) | ||
| ⩾19 | 137 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 99 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 354 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Trend2-150 | 1.04 (0.9, 1.2) | 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) | 1.01 (0.9, 1.2) | 0.89 (0.8, 1.1) | 0.91 (0.8, 1.0) | 0.85 (0.8, 1.0) | |||||
| (p=0.58) | (p=0.97) | (p=0.94) | (p=0.20) | (p=0.14) | (p=0.01) | ||||||
↵2-150 Trend gives the odds ratio (95% CI) per unit change from the reference group in explanatory variable and p value for test of significance from 1.0.