Table 1 Descriptive statistics of selected sociodemographic, health-related behaviours and biological characteristics according to neighbourhood deprivation quintiles (CoLaus, n = 5064).
From: Neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and allostatic load: a multi-cohort study
Variables | Total (n = 5064) | Q1-least deprived (n = 1086) | Q2 (n = 1019) | Q3 (n = 1017) | Q4 (n = 991) | Q5-most deprived (n = 951) | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age [Mean (SD)] | 57.8 (10.5) | 57.9 (9.9) | 58.2 (10.4) | 58.0 (10.7) | 56.9 (10.5) | 57.7 (11.1) | 0.135 |
Males | 2357 (46.5) | 527 (48.5) | 472 (46.3) | 455 (44.7) | 465 (46.9) | 438 (46.1) | 0.522 |
Marital Status (married or similar) | 2880 (56.9) | 677 (62.3) | 600 (58.9) | 578 (56.8) | 553 (55.8) | 472 (49.6) | <0.001 |
Education b | |||||||
Low | 2677 (52.9) | 474 (43.6) | 521 (51.1) | 563 (55.4) | 545 (55.0) | 574 (60.4) | <0.001 |
Medium | 726 (14.3) | 187 (17.2) | 172 (16.9) | 138 (13.6) | 115 (11.6) | 114 (12.0) | |
High | 1661 (32.8) | 425 (39.1) | 326 (32.0) | 316 (31.1) | 331 (33.4) | 263 (27.7) | |
Alcohol intake b | |||||||
Abstainer | 1281 (25.3) | 224 (20.6) | 240 (23.6) | 240 (23.6) | 283 (28.6) | 294 (30.9) | <0.001 |
Low | 3443 (68.0) | 793 (73.0) | 712 (69.9) | 715 (70.3) | 642 (64.8) | 581 (61.1) | |
High | 340 (6.7) | 69 (6.4) | 67 (6.6) | 62 (6.1) | 66 (6.7) | 76 (8.0) | |
Smoking b | |||||||
Never smokers | 2068 (40.8) | 452 (41.6) | 425 (41.7) | 413 (40.6) | 379 (38.2) | 399 (42.0) | 0.002 |
Former smoker | 1903 (37.6) | 428 (39.4) | 408 (40.0) | 375 (36.9) | 359 (36.2) | 333 (35.0) | |
Current smoker | 1093 (21.6) | 206 (19.0) | 186 (18.3) | 229 (22.5) | 253 (25.5) | 219 (23.0) | |
Sedentariness (yes)b | 1620 (32.0) | 343 (31.6) | 357 (35.0) | 339 (33.3) | 297 (30.0) | 284 (29.9) | 0.059 |
Allostatic load score | 2.88 (2.02) | 2.63 (1.96) | 2.87 (2.00) | 2.91 (2.08) | 2.94 (2.00) | 3.07 (2.03) | <0.001 |
Cardiovascular system score | 0.49 (0.75) | 0.47 (0.75) | 0.50 (0.77) | 0.49 (0.76) | 0.48 (0.75) | 0.51 (0.75) | 0.458 |
Metabolic system score | 2.15 (1.61) | 1.95 (1.54) | 2.13 (1.59) | 2.19 (1.63) | 2.20 (1.62) | 2.29 (1.65) | <0.001 |
Inflammation system score | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.21 (0.41) | 0.24 (0.43) | 0.24 (0.42) | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.28 (0.45) | <0.001 |
