Association between peer status position (1966) and circulatory disease (1973–2016) among females: results from Cox proportional hazard regression models (n=5990)
| Circulatory disease (1973–2016) | ||||||||||||
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |||||||
| HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | |
| Peer status position (1966) | ||||||||||||
| High status (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Medium status | 1.28* | (1.05 to 1.57) | 1.27* | (1.03 to 1.55) | 1.24* | (1.01 to 1.51) | 1.20 | (0.98 to 1.48) | 1.18 | (0.96 to 1.45) | 1.18 | (0.96 to 1.45) |
| Low status | 1.42** | (1.13 to 1.79) | 1.40** | (1.11 to 1.76) | 1.36** | (1.08 to 1.71) | 1.30* | (1.03 to 1.64) | 1.26 | (0.99 to 1.59) | 1.24 | (0.98 to 1.57) |
| Marginalised | 1.61*** | (1.27 to 2.03) | 1.54*** | (1.22 to 1.95) | 1.49*** | (1.18 to 1.89) | 1.42** | (1.11 to 1.81) | 1.36* | (1.07 to 1.74) | 1.33* | (1.04 to 1.70) |
| Sibling position (1972) | ||||||||||||
| Only child (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Last born | 0.76* | (0.58 to 1.00) | 0.81 | (0.62 to 1.07) | 0.82 | (0.62 to 1.07) | 0.82 | (0.63 to 1.08) | 0.83 | (0.63 to 1.10) | ||
| Middle born | 0.66* | (0.47 to 0.92) | 0.69* | (0.50 to 0.97) | 0.68* | (0.49 to 0.96) | 0.69* | (0.49 to 0.97) | 0.70* | (0.50 to 0.98) | ||
| First born | 0.64** | (0.48 to 0.84) | 0.68** | (0.51 to 0.90) | 0.69** | (0.52 to 0.91) | 0.69* | (0.53 to 0.92) | 0.70* | (0.53 to 0.93) | ||
| Number of siblings (1972) | 1.12*** | (1.05 to 1.19) | 1.10** | (1.03 to 1.17) | 1.10** | (1.03 to 1.17) | 1.10** | (1.03 to 1.18) | 1.10** | (1.03 to 1.18) | ||
| Parental educational level (1960) | ||||||||||||
| At least one parent with upper secondary degree (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| No parent with upper secondary degree | 1.53*** | (1.25 to 1.88) | 1.49*** | (1.21 to 1.84) | 1.48*** | (1.20 to 1.82) | 1.48** | (1.20 to 1.82) | ||||
| Missing | 1.57* | (1.10 to 2.25) | 1.55* | (1.05 to 2.27) | 1.54* | (1.05 to 2.26) | 1.52* | (1.03 to 2.22) | ||||
| Parental social welfare receipt (1953–1965) | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Yes | 1.19 | (0.97 to 1.45) | 0.99 | (0.79 to 1.24) | 0.99 | (0.79 to 1.23) | 0.97 | (0.77 to 1.21) | ||||
| Parental psychiatric problems (1953–1972) | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 1.74*** | (1.31 to 2.30) | 1.74*** | (1.32 to 2.31) | 1.68** | (1.27 to 2.23) | ||||||
| Intervention during delivery | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 1.26 | (0.90 to 1.76) | 1.25 | (0.89 to 1.74) | 1.24 | (0.89 to 1.73) | ||||||
| Missing | 0.98 | (0.79 to 1.22) | 0.98 | (0.79 to 1.21) | 0.97 | (0.78 to 1.21) | ||||||
| Cognitive ability (1966) | ||||||||||||
| First quartile (lowest) (ref) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Second quartile | 0.88 | (0.72 to 1.08) | 0.89 | (0.72 to 1.09) | 0.91 | (0.74 to 1.12) | ||||||
| Third quartile | 0.95 | (0.77 to 1.18) | 0.97 | (0.78 to 1.20) | 1.00 | (0.81 to 1.24) | ||||||
| Fourth quartile (highest) | 0.82 | (0.64 to 1.04) | 0.84 | (0.66 to 1.06) | 0.87 | (0.68 to 1.11) | ||||||
| Conduct marks (1966) | 4.56 | (0.66 to 31.66) | 4.01 | (0.58 to 27.70) | ||||||||
| Average school marks (1966) | 0.90* | (0.83 to 0.98) | 0.90* | (0.83 to 0.98) | ||||||||
| Crimes of violence (1962–1972) | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2.20* | (1.16 to 4.14) | 1.86 | (0.98 to 3.53) | ||||||||
| Mental disorders (1973–2016) | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 1 | |||||||||||
| Yes | 1.38* | (1.07 to 1.77) | ||||||||||
| Disorders due to alcohol use (1973–2016) | ||||||||||||
| No (ref) | 1 | |||||||||||
| Yes | 1.94*** | (1.40 to 2.69) | ||||||||||
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.