Table 2.
Social class | P-value | ||||||
Professional |
Manager |
Skilled non-manual |
Skilled manual |
Semi- skilled |
Unskilled |
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N = 10 141 | 787 | 3875 | 1260 | 2559 | 1362 | 298 | |
Age (years) | 57.8 ± 9.4 | 58.0 ± 9.3 | 59.5 ± 9.4 | 58.3 ± 9.2 | 59.1 ± 8.8 | 59.5 ± 8.7 | < 0.001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.1 ± 3.2 | 26.5 ± 3.3 | 26.5 ± 3.3 | 26.5 ± 3.3 | 26.6 ± 3.4 | 26.6 ± 3.5 | 0.010 |
Cigarette smoking habit | |||||||
Never | 49.4 (386) | 38.2 (1473) | 33.2 (415) | 28.7 (729) | 29.2 (394) | 26.9 (80) | < 0.001 |
Former | 45.3 (354) | 51.6 (1991) | 56.8 (699) | 55.8 (1416) | 54.6 (738) | 52.5 (156) | |
Current | 5.3 (41) | 10.2 (395) | 11.0 (138) | 15.6 (395) | 16.2 (219) | 20.5 (61) | |
Finished school | 96.9 (763) | 82.0 (3176) | 72.3 (911) | 60.1 (1539) | 49.1 (668) | 34.9 (104) | < 0.001 |
Self-rated Health | |||||||
Excellent | 27.1 (213) | 22.4 (868) | 17.7 (223) | 13.0 (332) | 13.8 (188) | 13.4 (40) | < 0.001 |
Good | 62.4 (491) | 63.9 (2474) | 66.0 (832) | 64.7 (1656) | 62.0 (845) | 60.4 (180) | |
Moderate | 10.0 (79) | 12.8 (497) | 14.4 (182) | 20.5 (524) | 22.4 (305) | 23.2 (69) | |
Poor | 0.5 (4) | 0.9 (36) | 1.8 (23) | 1.8 (47) | 1.8 (24) | 3.0 (9) | |
Units of alcohol per week | |||||||
0 | 7.5 (59) | 6.9 (266) | 8.9 (112) | 10.8 (276) | 14.7 (200) | 15.8 (47) | < 0.001 |
1–13.9 | 60.1 (473) | 60.3 (2338) | 67.1 (845) | 67.6 (1731) | 63.1 (860) | 62.1 (185) | |
≥ 14 | 32.4 (255) | 32.8 (1271) | 24.1 (303) | 21.6 (552) | 22.2 (302) | 22.2 (66) | |
Physical activity | |||||||
Inactive | 27.8 (219) | 30.0 (1164) | 36.9 (465) | 25.9 (663) | 27.4 (373) | 27.5 (82) | < 0.001 |
Moderately inactive | 37.7 (297) | 29.8 (1156) | 29.5 (372) | 16.3 (416) | 16.5 (225) | 13.1 (39) | |
Moderately active | 20.3 (160) | 22.0 (852) | 18.3 (231) | 26.3 (673) | 26.7 (363) | 29.5 (88) | |
Active | 14.1 (111) | 18.1 (703) | 15.2 (192) | 31.5 (806) | 29.4 (401) | 29.9 (89) |
Data are % (n) or mean ± s.d.