The importance of age, sex and place in understanding socioeconomic inequalities in allostatic load: Evidence from the Scottish Health Survey (2008–2011)

Table 3 Educational disparities in allostatic load (using quartiles), adjusted for age, sex, urban/rural and location

	Beta (Lower vs Higher SEP)	95 % Confidence Intervals	P-value
Baseline model (unadjusted)	−0.959	−1.179, −0.739	<0.001
+ Age	−0.593	−0.798, −0.387	<0.001
+ Age + Age²	−0.597	−0.802, −0.387	<0.001
+ Age + Age² + Age³	−0.599	−0.803, 0.395	<0.001
+ Sex	−0.969	−1.189, −0.749	<0.001
+ Urban/Rural	−0.935	−1.154, −0.715	<0.001
+ Location	−0.969	−1.187, −0.752	<0.001
+ Age, Sex, Urban/Rural and Location	−0.631	−0.795, −0.389	<0.001

*Lower SEP : Lower socioeconomic position (Scottish Standard Grade qualifications and below), which is also the reference category
** Higher SEP: Higher socioeconomic position (Scottish Higher Grade qualifications and above)

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