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Table 3.

Descriptive characteristics and associations between SEP and adult asthma (onset > 30 years) for men (n = 4,101)

	Asthma ever (n = 333)		Adult onset asthma (n = 165)		Bronchitis ever (n = 358)
	N (%)	p _trend	N (%)	p _trend	N (%)	p _trend
Early life SEP
Fathers social class
I	62 (9.08)	0.39	21 (3.27)	0.27	64 (9.34)	0.72
II	114 (8.78)		56 (4.43)		111 (8.55)
III + IV + V	146 (8.11)		77 (4.32)		170 (9.49)
Household amenities
Less than 3	188 (8.88)	0.45	103 (4.91)	0.01	213 (10.1)	0.05
Greater than 3	145 (8.19)	0.45	57 (3.26)	0.01	145 (8.20)	0.05
Early life respiratory conditions
Asthma
No	227 (6.05)	<0.001	157 (4.22)	0.29	303 (8.08)	<0.001
Yes	106 (72.6)	<0.001	3 (2.31)	0.29	55 (38.7)	<0.001
Bronchitis
No	266 (7.34)	<0.001	142 (3.96)	0.03	250 (6.91)	<0.001
Yes	67 (24.5)	<0.001	18 (6.82)	0.03	108 (39.4)	<0.001
Adult SEP
Social class (main job)
I	146 (9.09)	0.16	72 (4.52)	0.08	135 (8.40)	0.24
II	106 (8.17)		45 (3.53)		134 (10.3)
III + IV + V	8 (5.67)		3 (2.14)		11 (7.86)
Income
Less than £19999	52 (9.09)	0.63	25 (4.44)	0.88	59 (10.4)	0.01
£20000–£49999	169 (8.57)		75 (3.94)		193 (9.80)
£50000 or more	100 (8.36)		52 (4.40)		87 (7.29)
Crowding
Greater than 1.4	76 (8.81)	0.79	44 (5.13)	0.11	89 (10.4)	0.20
Less than 1.4	257 (8.52)	0.79	116 (3.89)	0.11	269 (8.92)	0.20
Homeowner
Owned outright	224 (8.27)	0.39	111 (4.14)	0.97	243 (8.99)	0.43
Mortgaged	92 (9.15)		41 (4.12)		93 (9.25)
Rented	14 (9.15)		6 (4.11)		17 (11.4)
Car ownership
0–2 cars	225 (8.67)	0.81	109 (4.25)	0.74	241 (9.31)	0.68
3 or more cars	104 (8.43)	0.81	49 (4.01)	0.74	110 (8.90)	0.68
Smoking status
None	139 (8.10)	0.76	1,626 (95.9)	0.54	115 (6.71)	<0.001
Former	164 (9.34)		1,661 (95.5)		198 (11.3)
Current	30 (7.39)		390 (97.3)		45 (11.1)