Table 2 Relative risk of myocardial infarction (with 95% confidence interval) and exposure to adverse socioeconomic position for an increasing proportion (%) of life in men and women aged 45–70 years, Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program 1992–4.

% of life in adverse socioeconomic position		Men					Women
		Never	0 to ⩽33	33 to <67	67 to ⩽100	Always	Never	0 to ⩽33	33 to <67	67 to ⩽100	Always
Crude*	RR	1	1.55	1.65	1.82	2.36	1	1.29	1.49	1.52	2.54
	95% CI		1.23 to 1.96	1.32 to 2.06	1.39 to 2.39	1.79 to 3.11		0.92 to 1.79	1.06 to 2.09	1.04 to 2.22	1.70 to 3.78
Behavioural†	RR	1	1.53	1.49	1.48	1.84	1	1.02	1.15	0.99	1.52
	95% CI		1.20 to 1.95	1.18 to 1.88	1.12 to 1.95	1.38 to 2.47		0.71 to 1.46	0.80 to 1.65	0.65 to 1.49	0.98 to 2.37
Social‡	RR	1	1.40	1.41	1.38	1.73	1	1.17	1.30	1.21	1.89
	95% CI		1.09 to 1.78	1.11 to 1.80	1.02 to 1.87	1.26 to 2.38		0.83 to 1.64	0.91 to 1.98	0.80 to 1.82	1.22 to 2.93
Psychosocial§	RR	1	1.53	1.61	1.70	2.09	1	1.22	1.40	1.35	2.18
	95% CI		1.21 to 1.94	1.28 to 2.02	1.29 to 2.23	1.57 to 2.78		0.87 to 1.72	0.98 to 1.98	0.91 to 2.01	1.44 to 3.31
Biological¶	RR	1	1.58	1.66	1.83	2.28	1	1.40	1.47	1.39	2.45
	95% CI		1.24 to 2.01	1.32 to 2.09	1.39 to 2.41	1.71 to 3.03		0.99 to 1.98	1.03 to 2.11	0.93 to 2.08	1.61 to 3.73
Trajectories**		1	1.52	1.63	1.46	1.75	1	1.10	0.95	0.78	1.11
			1.16 to 2.00	1.14 to 2.33	0.95 to 2.24	1.05 to 2.92		0.70 to 1.71	0.56 to 1.62	0.39 to 1.53	0.46 to 2.69

*Adjusted for age and catchment area.

†Adjusted for alcohol consumption, physical activity, smoking, age and catchment area.

‡Adjusted for cohabitation, education, family income, outside working market, age and catchment area.

§Adjusted for social network, life control, job strain, age and catchment area.

¶Adjusted for body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, age and catchment area.

**Adjusted for trajectories of social mobility, age and catchment area.