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Table 2 Associations of high socioeconomic position (compared to low) at four life stages with white cell count and its differentials, adjusted for agea and sex in 9,981 Chinese adults (≥ 50 years) from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, phase 3, 2006-2008

From: Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  

White Blood Cell Count (109/L)

  

Granulocyte Cell Count (109/L)

 
 

Δ

95% CI

AIC

Δ

95% CI

AIC

Men and Women

      

Critical period Modelb

      

Childhood

-0.14

(-0.20, -0.07)

8995

-0.10

(-0.15, -0.04)

4095

Early Adult

-0.35

(-0.42, -0.29)

8909

-0.26

(-0.31, -0.21)

4018

Late Adult

-0.21

(-0.29, -0.13)

8980

-0.17

(-0.23, -0.11)

4074

Current

-0.22

(-0.29, -0.15)

8965

-0.16

(-0.22, -0.11)

4064

Accumulation Modelc

  

8905

  

4012

0

0

  

0

  

1

-0.19

(-0.29, -0.09)

 

-0.14

(-0.22, -0.06)

 

2

-0.32

(-0.42, -0.22)

 

-0.23

(-0.31, -0.16)

 

3

-0.48

(-0.58, -0.38)

 

-0.35

(-0.43, -0.27)

 

4

-0.51

(-0.65, -0.38)

 

-0.40

(-0.50, -0.29)

 

Sensitive Periods Modeld

  

8892

  

4000

Childhood

-0.06

(-0.13, 0.01)

 

-0.03

(-0.09, 0.02)

 

Early Adult

-0.28

(-0.36, -0.20)

 

-0.20

(-0.26, -0.14)

 

Late Adult

-0.08

(-0.17, 0.002)

 

-0.08

(-0.14, -0.01)

 

Current

-0.12

(-0.19, -0.05)

 

-0.09

(-0.15, -0.04)

 

Fully Saturated Modele

  

8905

  

4015

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval; AIC Akaike Information Criterion
  2. Bold numbers indicate P < 0.05 for coefficients or best fitting model for AICs
  3. * Test for interaction with sex significant at p < 0.05 level
  4. aAge in five year age groups. bEstimates for SEP at each individual life stage adjusted for age and sex but unadjusted for SEP at other life stages. cNumber of periods in high SEP adjusted for age and sex. dMutually adjusted for SEP at other life stages and adjusted for age and sex. eIncludes SEP at all four life stages and all possible interactions between all four measures of SEP. Also adjusted for age and sex