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Table 9 Associations of high socioeconomic position (compared to low) at four life stages with lymphocyte cell count (109/L) by sex, adjusted for agea in 9,981 Chinese adults (≥50 years) from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, phase 3, 2006-2008 including complete cases only

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

   

Women (n = 7,445)

   

Men (n = 2,536)

 
 

N

Δ

95% CI

AIC

N

Δ

95% CI

AIC

Critical period Modelb

        

Childhood

7207

-0.04

(-0.07, -0.01)

-7619

2476

0.03

(-0.03, 0.08)

-2206

Early Adult

7443

-0.08

(-0.11, -0.05)

-7893

2533

0.03

(-0.02, 0.09)

-2274

Late Adult

6436

-0.03

(-0.07, 0.01)

-6835

2372

0.04

(-0.02, 0.09)

-2118

Current

6166

-0.04

(-0.07, -0.01)

-6589

2166

0.01

(-0.05, 0.06)

-1982

Accumulation Modelc

   

-5520

   

-1783

0

 

0.00

  

1981

0.00

  

1

5136

0.02

(-0.04, 0.07)

 

1981

0.03

(-0.08, 0.13)

 

2

5136

-0.04

(-0.10, 0.01)

 

1981

0.07

(-0.03, 0.16)

 

3

5136

-0.10

(-0.15, -0.04)

 

1981

0.08

(-0.02, 0.17)

 

4

5136

-0.07

(-0.14, -0.002)

 

1981

0.07

(-0.05, 0.20)

 

Sensitive Periods Modeld

   

-5512

   

-1782

Childhood

5131

-0.03

(-0.06, 0.01)

 

1981

0.03

(-0.03, 0.09)

 

Early Adult

5131

-0.08

(-0.12, -0.04)

 

1981

-0.01

(-0.08, 0.06)

 

Late Adult

5131

0.02

(-0.03, 0.06)

 

1981

0.03

(-0.03, 0.09)

 

Current

5131

-0.01

(-0.05, 0.02)

 

1981

-0.01

(-0.06, 0.05)

 

Fully Saturated Modele

5131

  

-7222

1981

  

-7222

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