Table 2

 Odds ratios, by sex, of reporting a clinically significant total GHQ-28 score at age 50 according to lifecourse measures of trajectories in socioeconomic status

MenWomen
SES groupN (%)OR (95% CI)pN (%)OR (95% CI)p
Birth to 25 years 0.310.51
Upward100 (44)1.00130 (47)1.00
Stable95 (42)0.92 (0.43 to 1.96)122 (44)0.71 (0.40 to 1.27)
Downward32 (14)1.91 (0.75 to 4.85)24 (9)0.84 (0.31 to 2.28)
25 to 50 years 0.050.21
Upward120 (53)1.00145 (53)1.00
Stable78 (34)2.55 (0.93 to 6.99)100 (36)0.93 (0.48 to 1.86)
Downward29 (13)4.16 (1.22 to 14.2)31 (11)1.68 (0.76 to 3.72)
Birth to 50 years 0.0010.74
Upward57 (25)1.0063 (23)1.00
Stable142 (63)0.69 (0.30 to 1.62)155 (56)1.22 (0.69 to 2.18)
Downward28 (12)4.32 (1.79 to 10.4)58 (21)0.92 (0.36 to 2.31)