Effects of socioeconomic status on risk of ischemic stroke: a case-control study in the Guangzhou population

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Table 2 Odds ratio for patients with different levels of socioeconomic status (SES)

Variable	Model 1	P	Model 2	P	Model 3	P
Education (years)
≤ 6	1.00		1.00		1.00
6–9	1.86 (1.29–2.68)	0.001	2.11 (1.76–3.69)	< 0.001	2.63 (1.45–4.75)	< 0.001
10–12	4.11 (2.70–6.26)	< 0.001	4.68 (2.04–5.12)	< 0.001	1.56 (0.82–2.98)	0.174
> 12	2.77 (1.49–5.16)	0.001	3.27 (0.71–2.48)	0.370	2.18 (1.25–3.82)	0.006
Income (¥ /month)
≤ 1000	1.00		1.00		1.00
1001–3000	2.55 (1.76–3.69)	< 0.001	2.54 (1.43–3.11)	< 0.001	1.96 (1.21–3.15)	0.006
3001–5000	3.21 (2.03–5.07)	< 0.001	3.23 (2.98–7.35)	< 0.001	4.16 (2.39–7.22)	< 0.001
> 5001	1.39 (0.75–2.58)	0.301	1.33 (1.71–6.28)	< 0.001	2.83 (1.25–6.39)	0.012
Occupation
No job	1.00		1.00		1.00
Manual workers	1.59 (1.03–2.46)	0.038	1.50 (0.94–2.40)	0.091	1.95 (1.23–3.07)	< 0.001
Non-manual workers	2.04 (1.27–3.26)	0.003	1.91 (1.13–3.21)	0.016	1.87 (1.05–3.33)	0.033
Retired	2.18 (1.42–3.36)	< 0.001	2.15 (1.37–3.35)	< 0.001	1.05 (0.47–2.37)	0.908

Model 1: a univariate modeling. Model 2: multilevel modeling, adjusted for age and sex. Model 3: multilevel modeling, adjusted for sex and age, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, red meat consumption, vegetable consumption, fruit consumption, whole-grain consumption, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypercholesterolemia, atrial fibrillation

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