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Table 1 Distribution of participants, cardiometabolic risk and additional variables by mother’s and own educational level

From: Evaluating the association between socioeconomic position and cardiometabolic risk markers in young adulthood by different life course models

 

N

Mother’s educational level, late childhood

N

Participant educational level, age 28

High

Average

Low

High

Average

Low

Total, participants

259

81 (31%)

115 (45%)

63 (24%)

264

164 (62%)

78 (30%)

22 (8%)

 Men

130

50 (38%)

52 (40%)

28 (22%)

132

72 (54%)

47 (36%)

13 (10%)

 Women

129

31 (24%)

63 (49%)

35 (27%)

132

92 (70%)

31 (23%)

9 (7%)

Current smoker

 

8 (10%)

21 (18%)

12 (19%)

 

16 (10%)

22 (28%)*

5 (23%)

Physical activity (a)

234

   

236

   

 0–2

 

54 (71%)

78 (76%)

44 (80%)

 

113 (73%)

52 (79%)

12 (80%)

 3–4

 

22 (29%)

25 (24%)

11 (20%)

 

42 (27%)

14 (21%)

3 (20%)

Parent with diabetes

259

9 (11%)

15 (13%)

15 (24%)*

264

19 (12%)

18 (23%)*

3 (14%)

Parent with cardiovascular disease

259

26 (32%)

28 (24%)

23 (37%)

264

46 (28%)

26 (33%)

6 (27%)

CMR (b)

259

0.1 (0.9)

0.1 (1.1)

0.5 (0.9)*

264

0.0 (1.0)

0.5 (1.0)**

0.8 (1.2)**

Biological domains of CMR (b)

 Inflammation

259

0.1 (1.0)

0.1 (1.0)

0.6 (1.0)**

264

0.1 (1.0)

0.5 (1.0)*

0.5 (1.1)

 Lipid status

259

0.1 (0.8)

0.1 (1.1)

0.4 (1.0)

264

0.0 (0.9)

0.5 (0.9)**

0.5 (1.5)*

 Glucose metabolism

257

0.1 (1.0)

0.1 (1.2)

0.2 (0.9)

262

0.1 (1.0)

0.3 (1.2)

0.6 (1.2)*

 Hypertension

259

0.1 (1.0)

0.0 (1.0)

0.2 (0.8)

264

0.0 (0.9)

0.2 (0.9)

0.7 (1.1)**

  1. Abbreviations: CMR Cardiometabolic risk
  2. Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous measures, and n (%) for categorical measures. P-values are conducted from ANOVA for continuous measures and Pearson’s chi-squared test for categorical measures for questionnaire and clinical data. *P < 0.05 compared to “High” (bold text), **P < 0.001 compared to “High” (bold text)
  3. aNumber of questionnaire rounds with recommended level of physical activity
  4. bStandardized values, with sample-weights applied