Table 2. Estimated Difference in Telomere Length^* Associated With Contemporaneous SES Measures^†.

COHORT	1970s					1950s					1930s
	B‡	SE	P	Poverall	P trend	B‡	SE	P	Poverall	P trend	B‡	SE	P	Poverall	P trend
Social Class
I	0 (ref)					0 (ref)					0 (ref)
II	−0.211	0.235	0.370			−0.131	0.174	0.451			−0.358	0.261	0.170
III – NM	−0.036	0.265	0.893			−0.009	0.187	0.960			0.086	0.264	0.744
III – M	−0.081	0.283	0.775			−0.066	0.218	0.761			−0.277	0.267	0.299
IV	−0.225	0.349	0.519			0.189	0.259	0.465			−0.132	0.278	0.636
V	−0.048	0.749	0.949	0.905	0.980	−0.671	0.312	0.032	0.211	0.922	−0.037	0.348	0.915	0.221	0.662
Home Tenure
Owner	0 (ref)					0 (ref)					0 (ref)
Renter (Private)	−0.049	0.233	0.835			−0.234	0.267	0.380			−0.147	0.306	0.631
Renter (Social)	−0.386	0.186	0.038	0.116	0.046	−0.031	0.160	0.846	0.678	0.774	−0.142	0.165	0.388	0.663	0.380
Income (equivalised quintiles)
1– Highest	0 (ref)					0 (ref)					0 (ref)
2	0.242	0.211	0.252			−0.279	0.187	0.136			−0.319	0.237	0.179
3	0.422	0.213	0.048			−0.261	0.175	0.136			−0.051	0.228	0.825
4	−0.079	0.225	0.726			−0.014	0.175	0.935			0.133	0.242	0.582
5– Lowest	−0.246	0.218	0.259	0.015	0.065	0.064	0.179	0.721	0.188	0.274	−0.176	0.230	0.445	0.716	0.884
Income (£ per week)	0.0004	0.0004	0.199			0.0001	0.0003	0.690			−0.0001	0.001	0.906
Area- deprivation
1– Most affluent	0 (ref)					0 (ref)					0 (ref)
2	−0.021	0.441	0.962			−0.327	0.330	0.321			0.014	0.412	0.972
3	0.005	0.430	0.991			−0.172	0.350	0.623			−0.218	0.407	0.592
4	−0.130	0.413	0.754			−0.135	0.328	0.681			0.008	0.392	0.985
5	−0.242	0.409	0.555			−0.319	0.348	0.361			−0.271	0.411	0.510
6	−0.231	0.435	0.596			−0.378	0.351	0.281			0.104	0.391	0.791
7 - Least affluent	−0.460	0.434	0.290	0.594	0.052	−0.037	0.351	0.916	0.592	0.723	−0.242	0.395	0.541	0.501	0.538
Area-deprivation (Carstairs)	−0.042	0.018	0.019			0.002	0.014	0.907			−0.011	0.016	0.465
Employment status §
Employed	0 (ref)					0 (ref)
Caring for the home	−0.515	0.276	0.062			0.093	0.314	0.768
Retired						−0.373	0.198	0.060
Unemployed	−0.270	0.408	0.508			−0.142	0.393	0.718
Unable to work through ill health	−1.040	0.344	0.003			−0.181	0.182	0.319
Other	−0.410	0.294	0.164	0.011		−0.548	0.286	0.056	0.167
SES Ladder
10 (highest)	0 (ref)					0 (ref)					0 (ref)
9	−0.191	1.190	0.108			−0.287	0.425	0.500			0.501	0.613	0.414
8	−1.811	1.111	0.104			−0.539	0.309	0.082			−0.506	0.487	0.300
7	−1.559	1.091	0.153			−0.519	0.296	0.080			−0.441	0.460	0.338
6	−1.665	1.095	0.129			−0.375	0.296	0.205			−0.385	0.463	0.406
5	−2.075	1.115	0.063			−0.226	0.318	0.477			−0.336	0.458	0.464
4	−1.917	1.150	0.096			−0.813	0.329	0.014			−0.195	0.493	0.693
3	−2.180	1.122	0.052			−0.522	0.355	0.142			−0.339	0.491	0.490
2	−1.477	1.181	0.212			−1.033	0.389	0.008			−0.152	0.673	0.821
1 (lowest)	−2.384	1.365	0.081	0.246	0.109	−0.073	0.861	0.933	0.093	0.371	0.233	0.865	0.787	0.684	0.908

^*Telomere length measured as relative T/S ratio multiplied by 10.

^†Analysis samples are weighted to members of the baseline sample who were still alive at wave 5 and all analyses adjusted for gender, and plate.

^‡Unstandardized regression coefficient.

^¶Interaction (p<0.05) between SES variable and gender identified.

^§Employment was not analyzed for the 1930s cohort as 93% were already retired.