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Table 4.

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

Characteristic	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Characteristic	RR/SRR (95%CI)	RR/SRR (95%CI)	RR/SRR (95%CI)	RR/SRR (95%CI)
INCOME
Median household weekly income (for 1 sd increase)	0.92 (0.89–0.96)^b	0.96 (0.93–0.99)^a	0.96 (0.93–0.99)^b	1.04 (0.98–1.11)
Time	1.006 (1.004–1.010)^b	1.008 (1.003–1.013)^a	1.007 (1.002–1.012)^a	1.008 (1.003–1.013)^b
Time × median household income	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)
EMPLOYMENT
Area-level unemployment rate (for sd increase)	1.09 (1.06–1.12)^b	1.07 (1.05–1.10)^b	1.06 (1.04–1.09)	1.07 (1.03–1.11)^b
Time	1.007 (1.002–1.012)^b	1.008 (1.003–1.013)^b	1.008 (1.003–1.013)^b	1.008 (1.003–1.013)^b
Time × Area unemployment rate	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)
NO POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
% High school graduates (for 1sd increase)	0.92 (0.89–0.95)^b		0.91 (0.88–0.94)^b	0.99 (0.93–1.05)
Time	1.006 (1.000–1.014)		1.006 (1.000–1.014)	1.008 (1.001–1.015) ^a
Time × Area. % high school graduates	1.00 (0.99–1.01)		1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)
POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
% High school graduates (for 1 sd increase)	0.97 (0.93–1.01)		0.96 (0.92–1.00)	0.99 (0.92–1.05)
Time	1.008 (1.001–1.015)^b		1.008 (1.001–1.015)^b	1.009 (0.992–1.006)^b
Time × Area. % high school graduates	1.00 (0.99–1.01)		1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)

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 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.