| Childhood measures from birth to age 16 | General health, age 33 NCDS cohort; age 30 BCS cohort | Association between fair or poor general health and childhood measures, logistic models | ||||
| Excellent/good | Fair/poor | Individual childhood measures* | Full model† | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | p Value | OR (95% CI) | p Value | |
| Socioeconomic deprivation | ||||||
| Men, no evidence | 5728 (87.1) | 852 (12.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Some deprivation | 3046 (84.8) | 546 (15.2) | 1.22 (1.08 to 1.37) | 0.001 | 0.95 (0.85 to 1.08) | 0.46 |
| Severe deprivation | 503 (76.8) | 152 (23.2) | 2.07 (1.70 to 2.52) | <0.001 | 1.22 (0.99 to 1.51) | 0.06 |
| Women, no evidence | 5971 (88.4) | 786 (11.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Some deprivation | 3193 (82.9) | 657 (17.1) | 1.57 (1.40 to 1.75) | <0.001 | 1.27 (1.13 to 1.43) | <0.001 |
| Severe deprivation | 562 (76.2) | 176 (23.8) | 2.39 (1.99 to 2.88) | <0.001 | 1.46 (1.19 to 1.77) | <0.001 |
| Family housing tenure | ||||||
| Consistent home owners | 8762 (88.9) | 1089 (11.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Other tenures | 4720 (84.4) | 872 (15.6) | 1.51 (1.37 to 1.66) | <0.001 | 1.31 (1.18 to 1.45) | <0.001 |
| Consistent social housing | 5128 (82.0) | 1126 (18.0) | 1.82 (1.66 to 2.00) | <0.001 | 1.34 (1.21 to 1.48) | <0.001 |
| Family disruption | ||||||
| No evidence | 15 361 (86.6) | 2386 (13.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Some disruption | 3754 (82.4) | 802 (17.6) | 1.36 (1.25 to 1.49) | <0.001 | 1.13 (1.03 to 1.24) | 0.007 |
| Parental interest | ||||||
| Interested | 12 479 (87.5) | 1790 (12.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Lacking interest | 1814 (78.6) | 493 (21.4) | 1.96 (1.75 to 2.19) | <0.001 | 1.33 (1.18 to 1.50) | <0.001 |
| Behaviour problems | ||||||
| No indication | 15 380 (86.9) | 2313 (13.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Any high | 2412 (81.2) | 559 (18.8) | 1.56 (1.41 to 1.72) | <0.001 | 1.32 (1.19 to 1.47) | <0.001 |
| Consistently high | 701 (78.2) | 195 (21.8) | 1.89 (1.60 to 2.23) | <0.001 | 1.40 (1.18 to 1.66) | <0.001 |
| Academic test scores | ||||||
| NCDS, no low scores | 6639 (89.6) | 768 (10.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Any low score | 1505 (83.4) | 300 (16.6) | 1.73 (1.49 to 1.99) | <0.001 | 1.41 (1.22 to 1.64) | <0.001 |
| Consistently low scores | 1398 (76.5) | 430 (23.5) | 2.66 (2.34 to 3.04) | <0.001 | 1.89 (1.64 to 2.18) | <0.001 |
| BCS, no low scores | 5937 (87.6) | 840 (12.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Any low score | 2039 (81.9) | 450 (18.1) | 1.56 (1.38 to 1.77) | <0.001 | 1.30 (1.14 to 1.48) | <0.001 |
| Consistently low scores | 822 (78.0) | 232 (22.0) | 2.00 (1.70 to 2.35) | <0.001 | 1.48 (1.25 to 1.75) | <0.001 |
| Birth weight | ||||||
| >3.0 kg | 13 427 (86.5) | 2091 (13.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 2.51–3 kg | 3251 (83.3) | 650 (16.7) | 1.28 (1.17 to 1.41) | <0.001 | 1.17 (1.06 to 1.29) | 0.002 |
| ⩽2.5 kg | 993 (82.1) | 216 (17.9) | 1.40 (1.20 to 1.63) | <0.001 | 1.16 (0.99 to 1.36) | 0.065 |
| Health difficulties | ||||||
| No indication | 14 612 (87.3) | 2129 (12.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Any indication | 3158 (82.2) | 682 (17.8) | 1.49 (1.36 to 1.64) | <0.001 | 1.28 (1.16 to 1.41) | <0.001 |
| Repeated indication | 544 (72.0) | 212 (28.0) | 2.73 (2.32 to 3.23) | <0.001 | 1.94 (1.64 to 2.31) | <0.001 |
| Cohort and gender | ||||||
| NCDS, male | 4784 (86.8) | 730 (13.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| NCDS, female | 4904 (86.0) | 798 (14.0) | 1.07 (0.96 to 1.19) | 0.24 | 0.95 (0.83 to 1.09) | 0.48 |
| BCS, male | 4569 (84.6) | 834 (15.4) | 1.20 (1.07 to 1.33) | 0.001 | 1.40 (1.22 to 1.59) | <0.001 |
| BCS, female | 4893 (85.5) | 832 (14.5) | 1.11 (1.00 to 1.24) | 0.05 | 1.16 (1.00 to 1.35) | 0.05 |
*Adjusted for cohort and gender.
†Adjusted for cohort, gender and all childhood measures.