Age adjusted odds ratios for coronary heart disease and coronary heart disease risk factors according to indices of inequality for different measures of childhood socioeconomic position
| Fathers’ occupational social class | Bathroom in childhood home | Hot water supply in childhood home | Shared bedroom as a child | Family access to car as a child | Age at leaving full time education | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Anyone with a doctor diagnosis, taking drugs for treatment, or with a blood pressure at baseline examination ⩾160 systolic and/or ⩾100 diastolic. †Proportionate (percentage) difference estimated from exponentiate of regression coefficient of logged triglyceride or HOMA score. WHO diabetes, doctor diagnosis of diabetes and/or fasting glucose ⩾7.0 mmol/l; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA, homoeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance. | ||||||||
| Aged adjusted odds ratios of binary outcomes comparing lowest with highest SEP for each measurement of SEP | ||||||||
| CHD | 1.9 (1.4, 2.6) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) | 1.7 (1.2, 2.4) | 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) | 2.8 (1.6, 4.7) | 2.0 (1.4, 2.8) | ||
| WHO defined diabetes | 1.7 (1.1, 2.6) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.2) | 1.3 (0.8, 2.1) | 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) | 0.9 (0.5, 1.5) | 1.8 (1.1, 2.9) | ||
| Hypertension* | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) | 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.6) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.9) | 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) | ||
| Ever smoked | 1.3 (1.1, 1.7) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) | 1.6 (1.3, 2.2) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) | 1.7 (1.3, 2.2) | ||
| ⩽2 hours activity per week | 2.0 (1.5, 2.76) | 1.5 (1.1, 2.1) | 2.0 (1.4, 2.7) | 2.0 (1.2, 3.1) | 1.9 (1.2, 2.9) | 1.45 (1.05, 1.99) | ||
| Moderate alcohol daily | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) | 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) | 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) | 0.2 (0.15, 0.3) | ||
| Aged adjusted difference in means of continuous outcomes (mean in lowest SEP–highest SEP) for each measurement of SEP | ||||||||
| Systolic blood pressure(mm Hg) | 0.8 (−2.0, 3.7) | 1.7 (−1. 5, 4.9) | 1.0 (−2.3, 4.3) | 1.7 (−1.5, 4.8) | 1.6 (−2.5, 5.7) | 2.7 (−0.5, 5.9) | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure(mm Hg) | −0.3 (−1.7, 1.1) | 0.5 (−1.1, 2.0) | 0.3 (−1.3, 1.9) | −0.6 (−2.1, 0.9) | −0.2 (−2.2, 1.8) | 0.3 (−1.2, 1. 9) | ||
| Triglycerides† | 9% (3, 15%) | 7% (1, 14%) | 5% (−1, 11%) | 7% (1, 14%) | 8% (0, 16%) | 18% (11, 25%) | ||
| HDL (mmol/l) | −0.2 (−0.3, −0.1) | −0.1 (−0.2, −0.1) | −0.1 (−0.2, −0.1) | −0.1 (−0.2, −0.1) | −0.2 (−0.3, −0.1) | −0.2 (−0.3, −0.2) | ||
| HOMA score† | 23% (13, 33%) | 8% (−1, 16%) | 5% (−4, 14%) | 13% (3, 23%) | 18% (5, 33%) | 19% (9, 31%) | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 1.4 (0. 8, 2.0) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.2) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.1) | 0.9 (0.3, 1.5) | 1.0 (0.1, 1.8) | 1.9 (1.3, 2.6) | ||
| Waist to hip ratio (×100) | 0.7 (−0.1, 1.5) | 1.1 (0.2, 2.0) | 0.0 (−0.9, 0.9) | 0.5 (−0.4, 1.3) | 0.0 (−1.1, 1.2) | 1.6 (0.7, 2.5) | ||
| Height (mm) | −22.1 (−29.2, −15.0) | −24.8 (−32.6, −16.9) | −20.4 −28.4, −12.3) | −24.5 (−32.2, −16.7) | −28.5 (−38.5, −18.4) | −25.4 (−33.3, −17.5) | ||
| Leg length (mm) | −17.0 (−31.8, −12.1) | −16.8 (−22.2, −11.4) | −15.5 (−21.1, −10.0) | −20.8 (−26.1, −15.6) | −21.4 (−28.4, −14.5) | −20.9 (−26.3, −15.5) | ||
| Trunk length (mm) | −4.9 (−9.0, −0.8) | −8.4 (−13.0, −3.9) | −5.5 (−10.1, −0.8) | −4.2 (−8.6, 0.3) | −7.2 (−13.0, −1.4) | −4.5 (−9.1, 0.0) | ||