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Table 4 Age-adjusted hazard rate ratios (HRRs) of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, by childhood socioeconomic position (SEP), adult SEP at age 30–35, and adult SEP at age 40–45 years in Swedish women.

From: Similar support for three different life course socioeconomic models on predicting premature cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality

   

Cardiovascular mortality*

All-cause mortality

    

Age-adjusted

Mutually adjusted

 

Age-adjusted

Mutually adjusted

 

n

%

Cases

HRR‡

95% CI‡

HRR‡

95% CI‡

Cases

HRR‡

95% CI‡

HRR‡

95% CI‡

Childhood SEP

            

   Non-manual§

10,578

26

46

1.0

 

1.0

 

244

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Manual

18,220

46

129

1.6

1.2, 2.3

1.5

1.04, 2.1

497

1.2

1.02, 1.4

1.1

0.9, 1.3

   Self-employed

3,920

10

18

1.0

0.6, 1.8

1.0

0.6, 1.7

94

1.0

0.8, 1.3

1.0

0.8, 1.3

   Farmers

4,979

13

23

1.0

0.6, 1.7

1.0

0.6, 1.6

97

0.8

0.7, 1.1

0.8

0.6, 1.3

   Unclassified

316

1

3

2.2

0.7, 7.1

2.3

0.7, 7.3

9

1.3

0.6, 2.4

1.3

0.7, 2.5

   Outside work force

1,664

4

17

2.3

1.3, 3.9

2.0

1.1, 3.4

53

1.3

1.0, 1.8

1.2

0.9, 1.6

Adult SEP ages 30–35 years

            

   Non-manual§

17,249

43

78

1.0

 

1.0

 

365

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Manual

10,857

27

79

1.6

1.2, 2.2

1.2

0.8, 1.8

315

1.4

1.2, 1.6

1.2

1.0, 1.5

   Self-employed

1,159

3

5

0.9

0.4, 2.3

1.0

0.4, 2.5

27

1.1

0.7, 1.6

1.1

0.7, 1.6

   Farmers

516

1

2

0.8

0.2, 3.4

0.6

0.1, 3.0

10

0.9

0.5, 1.7

0.8

0.4, 1.7

   Unclassified

94

1

0

¶

¶

¶

¶

2

1.0

0.2, 4.0

0.9

0.2, 3.4

   Outside work force

9,802

24

72

1.6

1.2, 2.2

1.1

0.8, 1.7

275

1.3

1.1, 1.6

1.1

0.9, 1.3

Adult SEP ages 40–45 years

            

   Non-manual§

20,442

52

87

1.0

 

1.0

 

416

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Manual

12,603

32

85

1.6

1.2, 2.1

1.3

0.9, 2.0

321

1.2

1.1, 1.4

1.1

0.9, 1.3

   Self-employed

1,627

4

2

0.3

0.1, 1.2

0.3

0.1, 1.1

24

0.7

0.5, 1.1

0.7

0.4, 1.1

   Farmers

372

1

2

1.3

0.3, 5.1

1.9

0.4, 9.5

7

0.9

0.4, 1.9

1.1

0.5, 2.7

   Unclassified

1,292

3

11

2.1

1.1, 3.9

1.9

1.0, 3.6

38

1.5

1.1, 2.1

1.4

1.0, 1.9

   Outside work force

3,341

8

49

3.5

2.5, 4.9

3.1

2.1, 4.6

188

2.8

2.4, 3.3

2.6

2.2, 3.2

  1. * Cardiovascular mortality includes the following diagnoses; ICD 8: 390–459, ICD 9: 390–459 and ICD 10: I00-I99.
  2. † Five categories among those inside the workforce: Non-manual, manual, self-employed, farmers and unclassified (inside the workforce although the work tasks are unknown) and the category: Outside the workforce (students, housewives, the unemployed, and disability pensioners). Childhood SEP was defined by SEP of the head of the household's primary occupation (in married couples i.e., the man's occupation).
  3. ‡ HRR, hazard rate ratio; CI, Confidence interval.
  4. § Reference category.
  5. ¶ Not applicable due to the low number of cases.
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