Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Table 7 Associations of high socioeconomic position (compared to low) at four life stages with lymphocyte cell count (10⁹/L) by sex, adjusted for age^a, lifestyle factors and body mass index in 9,981 Chinese adults(≥50 years) from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, phase3, 2006-2008

Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval; AIC Akaike Information Criterion
Bold numbers indicate P < 0.05 for coefficients or best fitting model for AICs
^aAge in five year age groups. ^bEstimates for SEP at each individual life stage adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity and body mass index but unadjusted for SEP at other life stages. ^cNumber of periods in high SEP adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity and body mass index. ^dMutually adjusted for SEP at other life stages and adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity and body mass index. ^eIncludes SEP at all four life stages and all possible interactions between all four measures of SEP. Also adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity

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