Perceived unfairness and socioeconomic inequalities in functional decline: the Dutch SMILE prospective cohort study

Table 1 Baseline associations of socioeconomic position (SEP) with sex, age, perceived unfairness, and physical and mental decline between 2003 and 2010

	Higher	Intermediate	Lower	P-value^a
	SEP	SEP	SEP
	(n = 443)	(n = 471)	(n = 368)
Men (%)	65.0	44.2	41.6	≤ 0.01
Age (mean)	64.9	64.4	65.9	0.01
High perceived unfairness (%)	25.5	33.1	38.9	≤ 0.01
2003 physical functioning (mean) ^b	51.0	49.0	46.7	≤ 0.01
2003 mental functioning (mean) ^b	50.4	50.4	49.4	0.10
Physical decline 2003–2010 (%)	16.0	13.4	12.8	0.35
Mental decline 2003–2010 (%)	9.3	10.0	16.3	≤ 0.01

^a P-values from chi²-test (categorical variables) and F-test (continuous variables).
^b Higher scores indicate better health-related functioning.

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