Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of selected sociodemographic, health-related behaviours and biological characteristics according to neighbourhood deprivation quintiles (EPIPorto, n = 2485).
| Variables | Total (n = 2485) | Q1-least deprived (n = 505) | Q2 (n = 493) | Q3 (n = 488) | Q4 (n = 536) | Q5-most deprived (n = 463) | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [Mean (SD)] | 52.9 (15.5) | 48.8 (15.3) | 52.1 (15.4) | 54.7 (15.1) | 54.9 (15.2) | 54.0 (15.7) | < 0.001 |
| Males | 946 (38.1) | 201 (39.8) | 191 (38.7) | 184 (37.7) | 194 (36.2) | 176 (38.0) | 0.815 |
| Marital Status (married or similar) | 1683 (67.7) | 361 (71.5) | 335 (68.0) | 324 (66.4) | 370 (69.0) | 293 (63.3) | 0.082 |
| Education b | |||||||
| Low | 1516 (61.0) | 187 (37.0) | 257 (52.1) | 304 (62.3) | 385 (71.8) | 383 (82.7) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 320 (12.9) | 83 (16.4) | 79 (16.0) | 63 (12.9) | 59 (11.0) | 36 (7.8) | |
| High | 649 (26.1) | 235 (46.5) | 157 (31.8) | 121 (24.8) | 92 (17.2) | 44 (9.5) | |
| Alcohol intake b | |||||||
| Abstainer | 846 (34.0) | 173 (34.3) | 176 (35.7) | 160 (32.8) | 189 (35.3) | 148 (32.0) | 0.056 |
| Low | 1128 (45.4) | 254 (50.3) | 219 (44.4) | 222 (45.5) | 228 (42.5) | 205 (44.3) | |
| High | 511 (20.6) | 78 (15.4) | 98 (19.9) | 106 (21.7) | 119 (22.2) | 110 (23.8) | |
| Smoking b | |||||||
| Never smokers | 1404 (56.5) | 261 (51.7) | 266 (54.0) | 293 (60.0) | 312 (58.2) | 272 (58.7) | 0.001 |
| Former smoker | 504 (20.3) | 97 (19.2) | 115 (23.3) | 103 (21.1) | 116 (21.6) | 73 (15.8) | |
| Current smoker | 577 (23.2) | 147 (29.1) | 112 (22.7) | 92 (18.9) | 108 (20.1) | 118 (25.5) | |
| Sedentariness (yes)b | 2029 (81.7) | 364 (72.1) | 391 (79.3) | 414 (84.8) | 462 (86.2) | 398 (86.0) | <0.001 |
| Allostatic load score | 2.43 (2.01) | 2.27 (1.93) | 2.32 (2.00) | 2.31 (1.99) | 2.60 (2.08) | 2.63 (2.04) | 0.004 |
| Cardiovascular system score | 0.46 (0.72) | 0.40 (0.68) | 0.44 (0.69) | 0.43 (0.70) | 0.52 (0.75) | 0.52 (0.76) | 0.001 |
| Metabolic system score | 1.71 (1.62) | 1.64 (1.59) | 1.65 (1.58) | 1.65 (1.65) | 1.82 (1.67) | 1.82 (1.60) | 0.099 |
| Inflammation system score | 0.25 (0.43) | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.30 (0.46) | 0.111 |
aANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical.
bCategorization criteria are fully described in the methods section.