Table 2. Exposure prevalence, stroke event and hazard ratios for selected modifiable socioeconomic exposures, after multiple imputation, adjustment for age, sex and the DAG model.

	Age-sex adjusted model
Exposure	N Total population*	n No. of incident strokes	HR	95% CI	p-value
Socio-economic characteristics
Equivalised income
1 (Top quintile)	8,793	42	1	(ref)
2	8,613	65	1.17	0.64 to 2.15	0.601
3	8,270	88	1.41	0.71 to 2.81	0.320
4	8,334	135	1.78	0.98 to 3.20	0.057
5 (lowest quintile)	6,743	102	1.86	0.95 to 3.62	0.069
SIMD 2012
5 (least deprived)	10,012	170	1	(ref)
4	10,013	129	1.47	1.0 to 2.17	0.053
3	10,216	114	1.83	1.26 to 2.68	0.002
2	10,366	104	1.79	1.23 to 2.60	0.002
1 (most deprived)	8,819	66	2.47	1.74 to 3.51	<0.001
Carstairs 2001
1 (least deprived)	9,295	87	1	(ref)
2	11,623	120	1.55	1.10 to 2.19	0.012
3	10,427	133	1.41	1.00 to 1.98	0.047
4	9,124	106	1.64	1.15 to 2.36	0.007
5 (most deprived)	8,957	137	2.00	1.44 to 2.79	<0.001
Social class
I. Professional	2,287	16	1	(ref)
II. Managerial–Technical	13,253	114	1.26	0.63 to 2.55	0.518
IIIN. Skilled–non-manual	10,717	117	1.99	0.98 to 4.05	0.059
IIIM. Skilled–manual	9,050	136	1.85	0.93 to 3.70	0.081
IV. Semi-skilled–manual	8,467	124	2.53	1.25 to 5.12	0.010
Unskilled–manual	3,261	58	2.11	1.01 to 4.46	0.048
Education
Tertiary level (ISCED 5A-5)	10,795	56	1	(ref)
Post-secondary (ISCED 4-5B)	3,728	20	2.03	1.46 to 2.97	0.057
Upper secondary (ISCED 3A)	7,154	36	1.01	0.59 to 1.79	0.979
Lower secondary (ISCED 3C)	11,648	101	1.41	0.96 to 2.08	0.080
No qualifications (ISCED 0-2A)	14,277	352	2.08	1.46 to 2.97	<0.001
Employment
Yes	27,359	154	1	(ref)
No	20,393	397	1.39	0.97 to 1.98	0.071

* Total population numbers based on the 20^th imputation