Table 1 Distribution of risk factors (n, %) among male and female controls in five categories of increasing proportion of the life course spent in adverse socioeconomic position, Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program 1992–4.
| % of life in adverse socioeconomic position | Never | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to ⩽33 | 33 to <67 | 67 to ⩽100 | Always | Never | 0 to ⩽33 | 33 to <67 | 67 to ⩽100 | Always | ||
| Total | 418 (27.6) | 349 (23.0) | 405 (26.7) | 189 (12.5) | 155 (10.2) | 205 (27.3) | 198 (26.3) | 167 (22.2) | 109 (14.5) | 73 (9.7) |
| BMI >30 m2/kg | 38 (9.1) | 39 (11.2) | 34 (8.4) | 26 (13.8) | 20 (12.9) | 28 (13.7) | 18 (9.1) | 25 (15.0) | 26 (23.8) | 11 (15.3) |
| Physical inactivity | 131 (31.4) | 106 (30.7) | 135 (33.4) | 68 (36.2) | 67 (43.5) | 67 (32.7) | 79 (40.1) | 64 (38.6) | 56 (51.4) | 38 (54.3) |
| Alcohol abstainer | 22 (5.3) | 29 (8.3) | 35 (8.7) | 20 (10.6) | 10 (10.3) | 19 (9.3) | 15 (7.6) | 15 (9.0) | 17 (15.6) | 17 (23.6) |
| 0.1–5 g/day | 85 (20.3) | 74 (21.3) | 72 (17.8) | 46 (24.3) | 44 (28.4) | 74 (36.1) | 91 (46.0) | 87 (52.4) | 53 (48.6) | 32 (44.4) |
| 5–70 g/day | 294 (70.3) | 224 (64.4) | 287 (71.0) | 110 (58.2) | 84 (54.2) | |||||
| 70+ g/day | 17 (4.1) | 21 (6.0) | 10 (6.0) | 13 (6.9) | 11 (7.1) | |||||
| 5–30 g/day | 104 (50.7) | 82 (41.4) | 62 (37.4) | 38 (34.9) | 22 (30.6) | |||||
| 30+ g/day | 8 (3.9) | 10 (5.0) | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.4) | |||||
| Current smoker | 102 (24.4) | 90 (25.8) | 128 (31.6) | 80 (42.3) | 60 (38.7) | 35 (17.1) | 49 (24.8) | 55 (32.99 | 27 (24.8) | 25 (34.2) |
| Ex smoker | 137 (32.8) | 127 (36.4) | 145 (35.8) | 64 (33.9) | 46 (29.7) | 69 (33.7) | 46 (23.2) | 32 (19.2) | 25 (22.9) | 9 (12.3) |
| Hypertension | 98 (23.4) | 105 (30.1) | 106 (26.2) | 51 (27.0) | 38 (24.5) | 48 (23.4) | 59 (29.8) | 41(24.6) | 32 (29.4) | 23 (31.5) |
| Diabetes | 161 (3.8) | 25 (7.2) | 21 (5.2) | 10 (5.3) | 15 (9.7) | 7 (3.4) | 5 (2.5) | 4 (2.4) | 7 (6.4) | 0 (0) |
| Low life control | 39 (9.3) | 39 (11.2) | 61 (15.1) | 29 (15.3) | 24 (15.5) | 32(15.6) | 46 (23.2) | 42 (25.2) | 26 (23.8) | 11 (15.1) |
| Low social network | 48 (11.5) | 44 (12.6) | 56 (13.8) | 47 (24.9) | 30 (19.4) | 25 (12.2) | 36 (18.2) | 35 (21.0) | 19 (17.4) | 19 (26.0) |
| Job strain | 7 (1.7) | 11 (3.2) | 9 (2.2) | 14 (7.4) | 12 (7.8) | 9 (4.5) | 17 (8.7) | 23 (14.0) | 13 (12.0) | 13 (18.1) |
| Low education | 22 (5.39 | 105 (30.1) | 137 (33.8) | 104 (55.0) | 98 (63.2) | 51 (24.9) | 92 (46.5) | 83 (50.0) | 78 (71.6) | 61 (83.6) |
| Medium education | 51 (12.2) | 99 (28.4) | 125 (30.9) | 70 (37.0) | 48 (31.0) | 29 (14.2) | 30 (15.2) | 36 (21.7) | 15 (13.8) | 12 (16.4) |
| Low family income | 89 (21.3) | 79 (22.6) | 119 (29.4) | 67 (35.4) | 54 (34.8) | 36 (17.6) | 56 (28.3) | 59 (35.3) | 47 (43.1) | 44 (60.3) |
| Medium family income | 98 (23.49 | 112 (32.1) | 128 (31.6) | 77 (40.7) | 73 (47.1) | 76 (37.1) | 81 (40.9) | 72 (43.4) | 41 (37.6) | 21 (28.8) |
| Not cohabiting | 64 (15.3) | 56 (16.0) | 63 (15.69 | 51 (27.0) | 38 (24.3) | 60 (29.4) | 63 (31.8) | 51 (30.7) | 29 (26.8) | 22 (30.1) |
| Outside working market | 165 (39.5) | 166 (47.6) | 142 (35.1) | 81 (42.9) | 79 (51.0) | 109 (53.2) | 121 (61.1) | 82 (49.4) | 78 (71.6) | 61 (83.6) |
BMI, body mass index.