Table 2.
Cause of death | Men (n = 2103) | Women (n = 1954) | Gender interaction: p | ||||
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Deaths, n | Unadjusted | Adjusted for childhood social class and cognition | Deaths, n | Unadjusted | Adjusted for childhood social class and cognition | ||
All-cause mortality | 242 | 1.04 (0.98–1.12) | 1.01 (0.94–1.08) | 171 | 1.16 (1.07–1.25)*** | 1.13 (1.04–1.23)** | 0.04 |
Cause-specific mortality | |||||||
Cancers | 90 | 0.99 (0.88–1.11) | 0.94 (0.83–1.07) | 80 | 1.16 (1.03–1.30)* | 1.15 (1.02–1.30)* | 0.06 |
Coronary heart disease | 56 | 1.17 (1.04–1.32)* | 1.14 (1.00–1.29) | 36 | 1.10 (0.92–1.32) | 1.03 (0.85–1.25) | 0.5 |
Unnatural causes | 39 | 0.98 (0.82–1.18) | 0.97 (0.80–1.17) | 20 | 1.07 (0.84–1.37) | 1.05 (0.81–1.36) | 0.6 |
Data are given as hazard ratio (95% confidence interval).
p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.