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. 2013 Jul 26;28(9):721–734. doi: 10.1007/s10654-013-9832-9

Table 3.

Descriptive analyses by all cause mortality in men and women

Variables Categories Male p Female p
Alive (%) Died before 50 (%) Alive (%) Died before 50 (%)
Sex 95.9 4.1 <0.0001 97.6 2.4
ACE 0 96.4 3.6 98.0 2.0
1 95.6 4.4 0.106 96.5 3.5 0.001
≥2 92.5 7.5 <0.0001 96.0 4.0 0.003
Mother’s education level Left school at 15 or later 96.2 3.8 98.2 1.8
Left school before 14 95.8 4.2 0.421 97.4 2.6 0.063
Father’s social class at birth Non-manual 96.7 3.4 98.0 2.0
Manual 95.6 4.4 0.032 97.4 2.6 0.163
Overcrowding <1.5 people per room 96.1 3.9 97.7 2.3
≥1.5 people per room 94.2 5.8 0.004 97.1 3.0 0.251
Parity Primiparous 96.2 3.8 97.5 2.5
2 children 96.5 3.5 0.585 97.6 2.4 0.809
3 or more 94.9 5.1 0.031 97.6 2.4 0.772
Mother smoked during pregnancy No 96.1 3.9 97.7 2.3
Sometimes 94.5 5.5 0.095 97.9 2.1 0.794
Moderately 95.9 4.1 0.744 97.2 2.8 0.325
Heavily 95.4 4.7 0.296 96.9 3.1 0.139
Breastfed Yes, for more than 1 month 96.3 3.7 97.7 2.3
Yes, for up to 1 month 95.7 4.3 0.262 97.7 2.3 0.896
No 95.5 4.5 0.133 97.3 2.7 0.344
Childhood illness No 96.3 3.7 97.8 2.2
Yes 94.9 5.1 0.011 96.9 3.2 0.040
Education level at 23 Passed A levels 97.2 2.8 98.2 1.8
Passed O levels 96.2 3.8 0.139 97.6 2.4 0.255
No qualifications 95.0 5.0 0.004 97.2 2.8 0.058
Social class at 23 Non-manual active 96.8 3.2 97.7 2.3
Manual active 95.9 4.1 0.135 96.7 3.3 0.099
Inactive 94.4 5.6 0.002 97.7 2.3 0.993
Smoking status age 23 Never smoked 96.3 3.7 97.8 2.3
Former smoker 97.2 2.9 0.175 98.2 1.8 0.345
Smoker 94.7 5.3 0.023 97.0 3.0 0.151
Alcohol consumption age 23 Normal 96.0 4.1 97.6 2.4
Abstinence 95.6 4.4 0.820 97.6 2.4 0.940
Heavy 95.8 4.2 0.895 97.5 2.5 0.933
Malaise inventory age 23 None identified 96.0 4.0 97.8 2.2
Malaise 93.8 6.2 0.104 96.1 3.9 0.008
Mean (95 % CI) Mean (95 % CI) p Mean (95 % CI) Mean (95 % CI) p
Birthweight (kg) 3.40 (3.39–3.41) 3.34 (3.28–3.40) 0.056 3.26 (3.25–3.27) 3.21 (3.13–3.30) 0.245
Gestational age (days) 280.52 (280.21–280.84) 280.27 (279.21–280.84) 0.743 281.12 (280.80–281.43) 280.02 (277.57–282.47) 0.295
Mother’s age at birth (years) 27.48 (27.35–27.61) 27.13 (26.47–27.79) 0.284 27.54 (27.40–27.67) 26.94 (26.16–27.72) 0.184
BMI age 23 (kg/m2) 23.36 (23.27–23.45) 23.45 (23.02–23.88) 0.681 22.16 (22.07–22.25) 22.04 (21.50–22.57) 0.666