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Table 3.

Associations between area-level SEP and baseline prevalence and trajectory of MetS.

Characteristic	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Characteristic	OR/SOR (95%CI)	OR/SOR (95%CI)	OR/SOR (95%CI)	OR/SOR (95%CI)
INCOME
Median household weekly income (for 1sd increase)	0.62 (0.51–0.74)^b	0.75 (0.63–0.90)^b	0.76 (0.63–0.90)^b	1.09 (0.74–1.61)
Time	1.05 (1.03–1.08)^b	1.05 (1.03–1.08)^b	1.05 (1.03–1.08)^b	1.06 (1.03–1.08)^b
Time × Area income	1.00 (0.97–1.03)	1.00 (0.97–1.03)	1.00 (0.97–1.03)	1.00 (0.97–1.03)
EMPLOYMENT
Are-level unemployment rate (for 1 sd increase)	1.66 (1.42–1.96)^b	1.53 (1.30–1.80)^b	1.48 (1.26–1.74)^b	1.46 (1.15–1.87)^b
Time	1.05(1.03–1.08)^b	1.06(1.03–1.08)^b	1.06 (1.03–1.08)^b	1.06 (1.03–1.08)^a
Time × Area unemployment rate	0.99 (0.97–1.02)	0.99 (0.97–1.01)	0.99 (0.97–1.01)	0.99 (0.97–1.01)
NO POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
Proportion of high school graduates (for 1 sd increase)	0.55 (0.43–0.70)^b		0.58 (0.45–0.73)^b	0.88 (0.57–1.34)
Time	1.07 (1.03–1.10)^b		1.06 (1.02–1.10)^b	1.07 (1.03–1.11)^b
Time × Area. % high school graduates	1.02 (0.98–1.05)		1.01 (0.98–1.05)	1.01 (0.98–1.05)
POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
Proportion of high school graduates (for 1 sd increase)	0.84 (0.67–1.06)		0.88 (0.70–1.10)	1.00 (0.69–1.45)
Time	1.05 (1.01–1.08)^b		1.05 (1.01–1.08)^b	1.05 (1.02–1.08)^b
Time × Area. % high school graduates	0.99 (0.96–1.03)		0.99 (0.96–1.02)	0.99 (0.96–1.02)

Notes: Model 1: Testing each SEP variable separately, adjusted for age, gender, time period; Model 2: Testing each SEP variable separately, adjusted for age, gender, time period, and the individual-level counterpart SEP variable; Model 3: Testing each SEP variable separately, adjusted for all variables in model 2 plus physical activity, smoking habit, and alcohol consumption; Model 4: Including all SEP variables and covariates. ^a p < 0.05; ^b p < 0.01.