Table 2.
Mean (2.5–97.5% CI of the mean) of the standardised system-specific subscore
| Age | 20–40 years old | 41–52 years old | 53–64 years old | 65–79 years old | ||||||||
| Education | Low | Intermediate | High | Low | Intermediate | High | Low | Intermediate | High | Low | Intermediate | High |
| (A) Men | ||||||||||||
| Endocrine system | 0.30 (0.20 to 0.40) (0.222) |
0.25 (0.22 to 0.28) (0.570) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) | 0.26 (0.18 to 0.34) (0.514) |
0.26 (0.23 to 0.29) (0.135) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.26) | 0.28 (0.23 to 0.33) (0.158) |
0.25 (0.22 to 0.28) (0.475) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.27) |
0.27
(0.23
to 0.31) (0.007) |
0.27
(0.24
to 0.30) (0.002) |
0.20 (0.17 to 0.23) |
| Metabolic system |
0.40
(0.32
to 0.48) (1.42e-04) |
0.28
(0.25
to 0.30) (0.009) |
0.23 (0.21 to 0.26) | 0.28 (0.21 to 0.34) (0.467) |
0.29
(0.27
to 0.31) (0.009) |
0.25 (0.23 to 0.27) |
0.29
(0.25
to 0.33) (0.031) |
0.26 (0.24 to 0.28) (0.197) |
0.24 (0.22 to 0.26) |
0.28
(0.25
to 0.31) (0.004) |
0.26
(0.24
to 0.28) (0.017) |
0.22 (0.19 to 0.25) |
| Cardiovascular system | 0.21 (0.11 to 0.31) (0.901) |
0.20 (0.17 to 0.23) (0.949) |
0.20 (0.18 to 0.23) | 0.20 (0.12 to 0.27) (0.918) |
0.21 (0.19 to 0.24) (0.600) |
0.20 (0.17 to 0.23) | 0.19 (0.14 to 0.24) (0.683) |
0.22 (0.20 to 0.25) (0.417) |
0.21 (0.18 to 0.24) | 0.23 (0.20 to 0.27) (0.830) |
0.22 (0.19 to 0.24) (0.306) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) |
| Inflammatory system |
0.35
(0.26
to 0.45) (0.021) |
0.28
(0.25
to 0.31) (0.026) |
0.23 (0.21 to 0.26) |
0.38
(0.3
to 0.46) (0.002) |
0.28
(0.26
to 0.31) (0.004) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.25) |
0.41
(0.37
to 0.46) (1.96e-10) |
0.28
(0.25
to 0.30) (0.018) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.26) |
0.30
(0.27
to 0.34) (1.46e-04) |
0.28
(0.25
to 0.30) (9.04e-04) |
0.21 (0.18 to 0.24) |
| Liver system | 0.31 (0.2 to 0.41) (0.091) |
0.27
(0.24
to 0.30) (0.012) |
0.21 (0.18 to 0.24) | 0.27 (0.19 to 0.36) (0.570) |
0.26 (0.23 to 0.28) (0.707) |
0.25 (0.21 to 0.28) | 0.28 (0.22 to 0.33) (0.143) |
0.27 (0.24 to 0.29) (0.132) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.26) | 0.23 (0.19 to 0.27) (0.589) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) (0.844) |
0.25 (0.21 to 0.28) |
| Kidney system |
0.13
(−0.01
to 0.27) (0.019) |
0.26 (0.21 to 0.3) (0.503) |
0.27 (0.24 to 0.31) | 0.16 (0.05 to 0.27) (0.088) |
0.25 (0.21 to 0.28) (0.478) |
0.27 (0.22 to 0.31) | 0.18 (0.11 to 0.25) (0.117) |
0.3 (0.26 to 0.33) (0.088) |
0.24 (0.2 to 0.29) | 0.28 (0.22 to 0.33) (0.091) |
0.26 (0.22 to 0.3) (0.167) |
0.22 (0.17 to 0.26) |
| (B) Women | ||||||||||||
| 20–40 years old | 41–52 years old | 53–64 years old | 65–79 years old | |||||||||
| Low | Intermediate | High | Low | Intermediate | High | Low | Intermediate | High | Low | Intermediate | High | |
| Endocrine system | 0.32 (0.18 to 0.45) (0.592) |
0.22
(0.18
to 0.26) (0.015) |
0.28 (0.25 to 0.31) | 0.28 (0.19 to 0.38) (0.944) |
0.25 (0.21 to 0.28) (0.189) |
0.28 (0.24 to 0.31) |
0.36
(0.31
to 0.42) (3.88e-04) |
0.28 (0.24 to 0.31) (0.086) |
0.23 (0.19 to 0.27) | 0.29 (0.25 to 0.34) (0.500) |
0.27 (0.23 to 0.31) (0.981) |
0.27 (0.21 to 0.32) |
| Metabolic system |
0.36
(0.28
to 0.44) (0.001) |
0.30
(0.28
to 0.32) (8.39e-06) |
0.23 (0.22 to 0.25) |
0.35
(0.29
to 0.41) (4.84e-05) |
0.26
(0.25
to 0.28) (0.008) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.25) |
0.31
(0.28
to 0.34) (1.02e-04) |
0.25 (0.23 to 0.27) (0.139) |
0.22 (0.20 to 0.25) |
0.32
(0.29
to 0.34) (3.94e-04) |
0.25 (0.23 to 0.27) (0.610) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) |
| Cardiovascular system | 0.23 (0.14 to 0.32) (0.238) |
0.24
(0.21
to 0.26) (6.14e-04) |
0.18 (0.16 to 0.20) | 0.23 (0.17 to 0.30) (0.304) |
0.21 (0.19 to 0.23) (0.410) |
0.20 (0.17 to 0.22) | 0.22 (0.19 to 0.26) (0.697) |
0.21 (0.18 to 0.23) (0.708) |
0.21 (0.19 to 0.24) | 0.22 (0.19 to 0.25) (0.406) |
0.21 (0.19 to 0.24) (0.272) |
0.24 (0.20 to 0.27) |
| Inflammatory system |
0.39
(0.30
to 0.48) (5.09e-04) |
0.28
(0.26
to 0.31) (0.001) |
0.23 (0.20 to 0.25) |
0.41
(0.35
to 0.47) (1.33e-09) |
0.31
(0.29
to 0.33) (9.76e-10) |
0.21 (0.19 to 0.23) |
0.35
(0.31
to 0.39) (9.09e-09) |
0.26
(0.24
to 0.29) (0.002) |
0.20 (0.18 to 0.23) |
0.29
(0.26
to 0.32) (0.045) |
0.26 (0.23 to 0.28) (0.393) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.27) |
| Liver system |
0.43
(0.34
to 0.53) (7.93e-05) |
0.27
(0.25
to 0.30) (0.040) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.26) | 0.27 (0.20 to 0.34) (0.172) |
0.28
(0.26
to 0.30) (0.002) |
0.22 (0.20 to 0.25) |
0.30
(0.26
to 0.34) (4.89e-04) |
0.25
(0.23
to 0.28) (0.029) |
0.21 (0.18 to 0.24) | 0.26 (0.23 to 0.29) (0.751) |
0.25 (0.22 to 0.28) (0.403) |
0.27 (0.23 to 0.31) |
| Kidney system |
0.12
(−0.01
to 0.25) (0.012) |
0.25 (0.22 to 0.29) (0.997) |
0.25 (0.22 to 0.28) | 0.21 (0.12 to 0.30) (0.255) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.28) (0.408) |
0.26 (0.23 to 0.30) | 0.30 (0.24 to 0.35) (0.123) |
0.24 (0.21 to 0.28) (0.970) |
0.24 (0.20 to 0.29) | 0.30 (0.26 to 0.35) (0.084) |
0.24 (0.20 to 0.28) (0.895) |
0.24 (0.19 to 0.29) |
Results presented in men (A) and women (B) separately. Differences in mean system-specific subscores were tested using a Student’s t-test setting for each age group and gender separately, setting the mean score observed for the high education group in that age group and gender as a reference. The corresponding p value is reported in parentheses. Scores showing statistically different means are represented in bold.