Table 9.

Age-adjusted hazard rate ratios (HRRs) of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality, by the life course socioeconomic position (LCSEP) score in men and women having either a manual or non-manual socioeconomic position (SEP) at ages 10–15, 30–35, and 40–45. A total population investigation from Scania, Sweden.

	Cardiovascular mortality*				All-cause mortality
	Men		Women		Men		Women
	Age-adjusted		Age-adjusted		Age-adjusted		Age-adjusted
	HRR†	95% CI†	HRR†	95% CI†	HRR†	95% CI†	HRR†	95% CI†
Life course socioeconomic position (LCSEP) score‡
0§	1.0		1.0		1.0		1.0
1	1.5	1.0, 2.2	1.5	0.9, 2.7	1.4	1.1, 1.7	1.2	0.9, 1.5
2	2.4	1.6, 3.6	2.0	1.02, 3.9	1.7	1.3, 2.2	1.4	1.05, 2.0
3	2.7	1.9, 3.8	2.0	1.1, 3.5	2.0	1.6, 2.5	1.5	1.1, 1.9
p for trend	<0.001		0.01		<0.001		0.003

* Cardiovascular mortality includes the following diagnoses; ICD 8: 390–459, ICD 9: 390–459 and ICD 10: I00-I99.

† HRR, hazard rate ratio; CI, Confidence interval.

‡ The life course socioeconomic position (LCSEP) score ranges from 0 to 3, and is a combination of childhood socioeconomic position at age 10–15 (based on the head of the household's primary occupation) and the subject's socioeconomic position at age 30–35 and 40–45. Non-manual employees were given 0 points and manual workers were given 1 point. Subjects having a non-manual socioeconomic position at all three periods in time were used as the reference group.

§ Reference category.