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Table 3 Associations of childhood infection with socio-economic and housing deprivation groups

From: Deprivation, timing of preschool infections and H. pylori seropositivity at age 49-51 years: the Newcastle thousand families birth cohort

 

Socio-economic occupation group*

 

Housing deprivation score†

 

At birth

At age 5 years

 

At birth

At age 5 years

Measles

1

0.44 (0.13,1.44)

0.60 (0.16,2.26)

0

Reference

Reference

2

Reference

Reference

1

1.21 (0.48,3.07)

0.54 (0.25,1.21)

3

0.31 (0.14,0.70)

0.51 (0.24,1.12)

2

0.97 (0.39,2.78)

0.71 (0.22,2.28)

   

3

1.29 (0.36,4.65)

0.20 (0.28,17.5)

p-value for trend

0.015

0.235

 

0.955

0.304

Chicken pox

1

2.36 (0.93,5.98)

0.99 (0.42,2.33)

0

Reference

Reference

2

Reference

Reference

1

0.75 (0.44,1.27)

0.72 (0.44,1.18)

3

0.57 (0.35,0.93)

0.64 (0.40,1.01)

2

0.71 (0.38,1.36)

0.55 (0.27,1.10)

   

3

0.69 (0.35,1.38)

1.16 (0.50,2.69)

p-value for trend

0.004

0.149

 

0.543

0.234

Mumps

1

1.22 (0.57,2.59)

0.68 (0.27,1.72)

0

Reference

Reference

2

Reference

Reference

1

1.17 (0.69,2.00)

1.82 (1.10,3.03)

3

0.60 (0.35,1.00)

0.74 (0.46,1.18)

2

1.07 (0.56,2.03)

1.21 (0.58,2.49)

   

3

0.68 (0.33,1.43)

1.52 (0.68,3.39)

p-value for trend

0.094

0.372

 

0.600

0.123

  1. *1: most advantaged, 2: middle, 3: least advantaged.
  2. † 0: least deprived 3: most deprived.