Table 3.

P-values from partial F tests comparing each life course model relating socioeconomic position and CHD risk markers with the saturated model.^a

Life course social class model	Inflammatory and endothelial markers				Pancreatic and adiposity markers
	C-reactive protein (N = 1827)	Interleukin-6 (N = 1818)	E-selectin (N = 1818)	Tissue plasminogen activator (N = 1601)	Proinsulin (N = 1601)	Leptin (N = 1822)	Adiponectin (N = 1820)
No effect	0.000	0.001	0.314	0.220	0.000	0.010	0.313
Sensitive period models
Childhood (age 4)	0.125	0.856	0.684	0.259	0.115	0.936	0.723
Early adulthood (age 26)	0.003	0.008	0.556	0.288	0.001	0.011	0.473
Middle age (age 53)	0.000	0.003	0.259	0.218	0.000	0.012	0.256
Accumulation models
Childhood and early adulthood	0.701	0.625	0.868	0.359	0.297	0.352	0.830
Early adulthood and middle age	0.001	0.009	0.414	0.151	0.000	0.015	0.376
Whole life	0.163	0.258	0.666	0.182	0.006	0.184	0.632
Social mobility models
Adulthood (age 26 & 53)	0.000	0.001	0.260	0.339	0.000	0.006	0.251
Whole life	0.000	0.006	0.295	0.316	0.000	0.085	0.554

Bold indicates p-value > 0.05.

^aLarger p values represent better model fit. Shaded cells indicate the selected model – the most parsimonious model with a good fit to the data.