Table 4.

 Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for cardiovascular risk factors in British women aged 60-79 according to social class

Cardiovascular risk factor	Non-manual social class in childhood			Manual social class in childhood
	Non-manual class in adulthood (n=565)	Manual class in adulthood (n=251)		Non-manual class in adulthood (n=1121)	Manual class in adulthood (n=1507)
High insulin resistance (top fourth (⩾2.45) homoeostasis model assessment)	1.00	1.29 (0.86 to 1.93)		1.33 (1.01 to 1.74)	1.58 (1.22 to 2.05)
Hypertensive (blood pressure ⩾160/90)	1.00	1.23 (0.90 to 1.68)		1.23 (0.99 to 1.52)	1.22 (0.99 to 1.50)
High low density lipoprotein cholesterol (top fourth to ⩾4.80 mmol/l)	1.00	1.24 (0.86 to 1.78)		1.25 (0.97 to 1.59)	1.13 (0.89 to 1.43)
Low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (bottom fourth to ⩽1.30 mmol/l)	1.00	1.45 (1.00 to 2.09)		1.29 (1.00 to 1.67)	1.99 (1.55 to 2.54)
High triglyceride (top fourth to ⩾2.25mmol/l)	1.00	1.35 (0.93 to 1.98)		1.44 (1.11 to 1.87)	1.59 (1.23 to 2.04)
Obese (body mass index ⩾30 kg/m2)	1.00	1.73 (1.18 to 2.51)		1.68 (1.28 to 2.19)	2.38 (1.84 to 3.07)
Centrally obese (waist:hip ratio ⩾0.85)	1.00	1.19 (0.85 to 1.66)		0.89 (0.71 to 1.11)	1.05 (0.85 to 1.30)
Ever smoked	1.00	1.05 (0.77 to 1.42)		1.08 (0.88 to 1.33)	1.29 (1.06 to 1.57)
Current smoker	1.00	1.15 (0.66 to 2.00)		1.38 (0.95 to 2.01)	1.75 (1.23 to 2.49)
Heavy alcohol intake (⩾21 units per week)	1.00	0.70 (0.29 to 1.65)		0.58 (0.33 to 1.02)	0.38 (0.21 to 0.68)