Figure 1.
Illustration of proposed multiple mediation of the association between life course SEP and CRP.
(A) Total effect of life course SEP on CRP. (B) Hypothesized indirect effect of SEP on CRP through mediators and direct effect. Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010.
Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the analytical sample from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), N (%) or mean (SD), 2008–2010 (N = 13,371)1.
Table 2.
Prevalence of health-risk behavior and metabolic alteration according to cumulative socioeconomic position (SEP) score (higher values reflecting worse life course SEP) among men and women.
Table 3.
Median CRP Levels (interquartile range) according to the presence or absence of health-risk behavior and metabolic alterations among men and women.
Figure 2.
Age adjusted geometric means (95% confidence interval) of C-reactive protein among men and women by the cumulative SEP score that ranged between zero to nine, with higher values reflecting worse life course SEP.
Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2008–2010.
Table 4.
Adjusted geometric means (95% confidence interval) for levels of CRP by SEP indicators throughout the life course.
Table 5.
Parameters estimates from the structural equation model of cumulative SEP on CRP levels in adulthood, according to gender.