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. 2019 Jan 17;29(1):39–46. doi: 10.18865/ed.29.1.39

Table 3. Hazard ratios (95% CI) for incidence of type 2 diabetes by life course socioeconomic position and sex—the Jackson Heart Study, 2000-04 to 2012.

Women, N=2,518 Men, N=1,494
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Childhood SEP .97 (.94-.99) .97 (.94-1.00) .97 (.94-1.04) 1.02 (.98-1.06) 1.02 (.98-1.06) 1.02 (.98-1.06)
Age, years .99 (.99-1.01) 1.00 (.99-1.01) 1.00 (.98-1.01) 1.00 (.98-1.02)
Height, cm 1.02 (.99-1.02) 1.01 (.99-1.03) 1.02 (1.00-1.04) 1.02 (1.00-1.04)
Family history of diabetes
Yes 1.43 (1.14-1.80)b 1.40 (1.10-1.76)b 1.81 (1.33-2.45)c 1.77 (1.29-2.41)b
No (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Physical activity
Poor 1.00 (.86-1.17) .97 (.83-1.10) .84 (.69-1.02) .81 (.66-.99)a
Not poor (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Healthy diet
Poor 1.17 (.94-1.45) 1.20 (.96-1.50) 1.25 (.91-1.71) 1.29 (.93-1.79)
Not poor (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Smoking status
Current or former 1.21 (.99-1.50) 1.19 (.96-1.47) 1.12 (.91-1.38) 1.07 (.86-1.34)
Never (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
AL global risk score 1.17 (1.10-1.25)c 1.19 (1.11-1.28)c 1.16 (1.06-1.27)b 1.16 (1.06-1.27)b
High
Not high
Young adulthood SEP
Less than high school (ref.) 1.00 1.00
High school or GED .91 (.63-1.31) 1.11 (.64-1.92)
More than high school 1.02 (.72-1.44) 1.21 (.74-1.98)
Mature adulthood SEP
Manager .97 (.75-1.25) .75 (.54-1.06)
Supervisor .91 (.64-1.30) .89 (.56-1.41)
Neither (ref.) 1.00 1.00

SEP, socioeconomic position; AL, allostatic load.

a. P<.05.

b. P<.01.

c. P<.001.

Model 1 = unadjusted; Model 2 = controls for traditional diabetes risk factors and AL global risk score; Model 3 = additional control for Young adulthood SEP and Mature adulthood SEP.