The effect of socioeconomic status on three-year mortality after first-ever ischemic stroke in Nanjing, China

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Hazard Ratios (95% CI) for Categories of Socioeconomic Status at the third and last Stage of Correction for Baseline Factors

	Plus smoking	p	Plus all factors*	p
Education
Illiteracy	0.76(0.35–1.67)	0.492	0.79(0.31–2.01)	0.624
Primary school	1.11(0.50–2.48)	0.801	0.97(0.39–2.40)	0.940
Junior high school	0.80(0.36–1.80)	0.592	0.70(0.28–1.77)	0.455
Senior high school	1.16(0.45–3.02)	0.757	0.96(0.33–2.78)	0.934
Technical training	1.98(0.70–5.60)	0.197	1.81(0.62–5.28)	0.277
University degree	1		1
Occupation
Unemployed	6.85(3.21–14.60)	<0.001	5.77(2.67–12.46)	<0.001
Manual worker	5.23(2.87–9.52)	<0.001	5.18(2.84–9.44)	<0.001
Non-manual worker	1		1
Income
0 yuan	5.94(3.49–10.11)	<0.001	5.45(3.18–9.34)	<0.001
<1000 yuan	2.34(1.43–3.84)	0.001	2.22(1.34–3.66)	0.002
≥ 1000 yuan	1		1
Housing space
< 10 m²/person	2.11(1.22–3.66)	<0.001	2.13(1.23–3.70)	0.007
10 to 20 m²/person	1.29(0.86–1.93)	0.223	1.17(0.77–1.77)	0.473
20 to 40 m²/person	1.66(1.11–2.49)	0.013	1.52(1.01–2.28)	0.046
≥ 40 m²/person	1		1

For each variable, the last category serves as reference category.
* All factors include including age, sex, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, prior TIA and NIHSS.

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