Table 2 The association between adult H. pylori seropositivity and socio-economic occupation group in childhood and at age 49-51 years
Socio-economic occupation group | At birth | At age 5 years | At age 50 years | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of H. pylori + ve subjects | OR (95% CI) | Proportion of H. pylori + ve subjects | OR (95% CI) | Proportion of H. pylori + ve subjects | OR (95% CI) | |
Most advantaged | 7/43 (16%) | 0.33 (0.14,0.77) | 9/29 (31%) | 0.77 (0.33,1.78) | 54/196 (28%) | 0.41 (0.26,0.65) |
Middle | 91/246 (37%) | Reference | 74/201 (37%) | Reference | 65/135 (48%) | Reference |
Least advantaged | 59/110 (54%) | 1.97 (1.25,3.11) | 60/126 (48%) | 1.56 (0.99,2.45) | 31/52 (60%) | 1.59 (0.83,3.04) |
p value for trend | <0.001 | 0.088 | <0.001 | |||