Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of selected sociodemographic, health-related behaviours and biological characteristics according to neighbourhood deprivation quintiles (Whitehall II, n = 8815).
| Variables | Total (n = 8815) | Q1-least deprived (n = 1831) | Q2 (n = 1857) | Q3 (n = 1768) | Q4 (n = 1735) | Q5-most deprived (n = 1624) | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age [Mean (SD)] | 50.3 (6.1) | 50.6 (6.0) | 50.4 (6.0) | 50.0 (6.1) | 50.0 (6.2) | 50.4 (6.2) | 0.070 |
| Males | 6057 (68.7) | 1466 (80.1) | 1380 (74.3) | 1308 (74.0) | 1079 (62.2) | 824 (50.7) | <0.001 |
| Marital Status (married or similar) | 7360 (83.5) | 1697 (92.7) | 1649 (88.8) | 1537 (86.9) | 1331 (76.7) | 1146 (70.6) | <0.001 |
| Education b | |||||||
| Low | 3386 (38.4) | 658 (35.9) | 698 (37.6) | 647 (36.6) | 658 (37.9) | 725 (44.6) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 2323 (26.4) | 524 (28.6) | 535 (28.8) | 514 (29.1) | 411 (23.7) | 339 (20.9) | |
| High | 3106 (35.2) | 649 (35.4) | 624 (33.6) | 607 (34.3) | 666 (38.4) | 560 (34.5) | |
| Alcohol intake b | |||||||
| Abstainer | 1715 (19.5) | 255 (13.9) | 334 (18.0) | 281 (15.9) | 400 (23.1) | 445 (27.4) | <0.001 |
| Low | 5704 (64.7) | 1307 (71.4) | 1218 (65.6) | 1191 (67.4) | 1067 (61.5) | 921 (56.7) | |
| High | 1396 (15.8) | 269 (14.7) | 305 (16.4) | 296 (16.7) | 268 (15.4) | 258 (15.9) | |
| Smoking b | |||||||
| Never smokers | 3476 (46.7) | 777 (49.3) | 733 (46.5) | 690 (45.8) | 650 (45.3) | 626 (46.5) | <0.001 |
| Former smoker | 2880 (38.7) | 657 (41.7) | 644 (40.8) | 612 (40.6) | 540 (37.6) | 427 (31.7) | |
| Current smoker | 1088 (14.6) | 143 (9.1) | 201 (12.7) | 206 (13.7) | 246 (17.1) | 292 (21.7) | |
| Sedentariness (yes)b | 1873 (21.2) | 214 (11.7) | 272 (14.6) | 324 (18.3) | 462 (26.6) | 601 (37.0) | <0.001 |
| Allostatic load score | 2.45 (2.14) | 2.30 (2.10) | 2.44 (2.11) | 2.46 (2.11) | 2.47 (2.20) | 2.58 (2.21) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular system score | 0.47 (0.74) | 0.44 (0.71) | 0.48 (0.75) | 0.46 (0.74) | 0.49 (0.75) | 0.50 (0.76) | 0.031 |
| Metabolic system score | 1.72 (1.69) | 1.64 (1.67) | 1.73 (1.66) | 1.75 (1.67) | 1.71 (1.73) | 1.79 (1.72) | 0.025 |
| Inflammation system score | 0.25 (0.43) | 0.22 (0.42) | 0.23 (0.42) | 0.25 (0.43) | 0.27 (0.44) | 0.29 (0.46) | <0.001 |
aANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical.
bCategorization criteria are fully described in the methods section.