Latent class trajectories of socioeconomic position over four time points and mortality: the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study assessed socioeconomic position (SEP) over four time points and employed a latent class analysis (LCA) to explore the associations between longitudinal SEP trajectories and late-life mortality.

Methods

We analyzed a cohort of 11 336 members born at the Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden during 1915-29 and followed up for mortality during 1980-2008. SEP was measured at birth, age 10, mid-adulthood and late adulthood. LCA was used to identify SEP trajectories, which were linked to all-cause and cause-specific mortality through Cox proportional hazard regression models.

Results

The age and birth cohort adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of all-cause mortality among the upwardly mobile from middle vs. stable low SEP was 28% lower in men [HR: 0.72; 95% confid

SUBMITTER: Hossin MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9341739 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature