. 2019 Jan 28;9:796. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37440-7

Table 2.

Observed (Unweighted) Mean Deviation in CRP Concentration (mg/L) by Characteristic, Study and Age Group.

Characteristic	Study	Age Group
		50–54	55–59	60–64	65–69	70–75
Social Class Low v Social Class High	EPIPorto	−0.01	0.54	0.70	0.96	0.63
	Whitehall	*0.58*	*0.62*	*0.71*	*0.60*	*1.02*
	SKIPOGH	0.02	*0.75*	−0.14	0.55	−0.18
	TILDA	*0.33*	*0.45*	0.28	0.30	*0.55*
	ELSA	*0.42*	*0.59*	*0.63*	*0.53*	*0.28*
Social Class Medium v Social Class High	EPIPorto	−0.24	0.88	−0.14	0.05	0.54
	Whitehall	*0.29*	*0.30*	*0.36*	*0.60*	*0.66*
	SKIPOGH	0.24	0.37	−0.20	*0.77*	0.11
	TILDA	0.22	0.14	0.12	−0.05	*0.69*
	ELSA	−0.16	*0.31*	0.16	*0.32*	0.09
Education Low v Highest Education High	EPIPorto	−0.03	0.36	*1.00*	*1.54*	0.68
	Whitehall	*0.26*	*0.33*	*0.36*	*0.38*	*0.50*
	SKIPOGH	*0.92*	0.76	0.29	0.37	0.01
	TILDA	0.27	*0.71*	*0.51*	0.08	*0.68*
	ELSA	*0.63*	*0.56*	*0.79*	*0.69*	*0.42*
Highest Education Medium v Highest Education High	EPIPorto	−0.83	*0.79*	0.67	0.60	1.01
	Whitehall	*0.12*	0.11	0.15	0.23	0.00
	SKIPOGH	0.44	−0.08	0.25	0.38	0.34
	TILDA	0.25	0.21	*0.42*	−0.10	0.39
	ELSA	*0.41*	*0.24*	*0.56*	*0.48*	0.23
BMI Overweight v Healthy Weight	EPIPorto	0.49	*0.56*	−0.03	0.07	0.38
	Whitehall	*0.56*	*0.65*	*0.66*	*0.66*	*0.63*
	SKIPOGH	*0.50*	*0.66*	0.39	0.36	*0.99*
	TILDA	*0.49*	*0.54*	0.15	*0.47*	0.05
	ELSA	*0.58*	*0.61*	*0.63*	*0.39*	*0.27*
BMI Obese v Healthy Weight	EPIPorto	*1.12*	*1.83*	0.64	0.59	*0.59*
	Whitehall	*1.64*	*1.62*	*1.63*	*1.63*	*1.56*
	SKIPOGH	*1.69*	*2.24*	*1.99*	*1.88*	*1.53*
	TILDA	*1.49*	*1.47*	*1.08*	*1.32*	*0.76*
	ELSA	*1.68*	*1.53*	*1.57*	*1.52*	*1.11*
Diabetes Indication v No Diabetes Ind.	EPIPorto	*1.07*	0.61	−0.24	−0.03	0.14
	Whitehall	*1.13*	*1.01*	*0.79*	*0.39*	*0.98*
	SKIPOGH	1.29	0.62	0.88	*1.78*	0.02
	TILDA	*1.06*	0.34	0.40	0.06	0.04
	ELSA	*0.84*	0.35	*1.23*	−0.07	−0.16
Hypertension Indicated v No Hypertension Indicated	EPIPorto	*0.69*	*0.84*	0.59	−0.20	0.22
	Whitehall	*0.37*	*0.44*	*0.38*	*0.35*	*0.43*
	SKIPOGH	0.22	−0.10	0.18	0.12	0.16
	TILDA	*0.61*	0.16	−0.14	−0.10	−0.29
	ELSA	0.09	*0.36*	*0.50*	*0.20*	*0.32*
Smoked but Quit	EPIPorto	−0.54	−0.62	−0.49	*−1.30*	−0.73
	Whitehall	0.07	0.04	0.09	−0.04	0.05
	SKIPOGH	−0.29	0.06	−0.25	0.44	0.11
	TILDA	0.23	−0.03	0.10	*0.38*	0.05
	ELSA	−0.12	−0.04	0.04	0.10	0.08
Daily Smoker	EPIPorto	0.18	0.87	0.41	−0.48	1.06
	Whitehall	*0.76*	*0.67*	*1.01*	*0.87*	*1.78*
	SKIPOGH	−0.22	−0.54	0.15	0.77	0.06
	TILDA	*0.61*	*0.53*	*0.75*	*0.67*	0.21
	ELSA EPIPorto	*0.69*	*0.60*	*0.85*	*0.84*	*0.49*
Female v Male	ELSA EPIPorto	*0.62*	0.46	0.39	*0.89*	*1.04*
	Whitehall	*0.35*	*0.42*	*0.54*	*0.56*	*0.99*
	SKIPOGH	0.56	−0.09	0.15	0.10	0.34
	TILDA	*0.35*	*0.25*	0.12	−0.09	*0.33*
	ELSA	*0.27*	*0.18*	*0.24*	*0.20*	*0.33*

Key: Bold Alone - P < 0.05; Italic Alone - P < 0.01; Bold & Italic: P < 0.001.