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. 2017 Nov 24;72(2):160–167. doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209123

Table 2.

Prevalence differences (PD and 95% CIs) between poor and not poor in two fixed and time-varying indicators for three health outcomes according to age and socioeconomic group in five Swedish cohorts from 1968 to 2011

Teeth not in good conditions Psychological distress Musculoskeletal pain
PD (%) 95% CI PD (%) (95% CI) PD (%) (95% CI)
Fixed indicator: never poor versus poor at least once in life
15–24 years 5.7 1.3 to 10.1 3.9 1.8 to 5.9 2.2 −0.1 to 4.5
25–34 years 11.1 6.5 to 15.6 6.4 4.2 to 8.6 5.3 2.6 to 8.1
35–44 years 11.7 7.6 to 15.7 6.4 4.2 to 8.6 7.6 4.8 to 10.4
45–54 years 12.6 8.7 to 16.5 8.0 5.6 to 10.4 13.0 10.0 to 16.1
55–64 years 6.3 3.3 to 9.3 8.2 5.5 to 10.9 10.8 7.5 to 14.1
65–74 years 3.7 0.9 to 6.6 6.9 3.6 to  10.2 9.2 5.1 to 13.3
75–85 years 5.8 2.6 to 9.1 5.6 0.4 to 10.8 9.7 3.9 to 15.4
>85 years 4.4 −1.3 to 10.1 9.5 −1.0 to 26.5 5.3 −8.8 to19.4
P value* 0.11 0.15 <0.01
Time-varying indicator: not poor versus currently poor
15–24 years −0.1 −3.3 to 3.1 2.4 0.1 to 4.6 0.7 −1.6 to  3.1
25–34 years 8.8 4.7 to 12.9 7.7 3.5 to 11.9 7.4 2.8 to 12.1
35–44 years 6.7 2.6 to 10.9 11.6 7.1 to 16.1 9.1 4.2 to 14.1
45–54 years 4.6 −0.3 to 9.5 11.9 6.3 to 17.5 17.0 10.6 to 23.4
55–64 years 1.5 −3.6 to 6.6 14.9 8.9 to 21.0 12.0 5.6 to 18.5
65–74 years 1.3 −4.7 to 7.4 10.9 3.8 to 17.9 14.6 6.7 to 22.5
75–85 years 2.8 −5.0 to 10.6 10.7 0.7 to 20.7 12.7 2.5 to 22.9
>85 years 0.1 −16.3 to 16.5 −2.4 −25.0 to 20.3 6.5 −16.7 to 29.7
P value* 0.03 <0.01 <0.01

Note: results controlled for sex, birth cohort (five groups) and period effect in 2010.

*Chunk χ2 test that all coefficients are equal (interaction of age and poverty).