Childhood and adult social class | Adjusted for age and baseline values | Further adjusted for cigarette smoking | Further adjusted for baseline BMI, physical activity, bronchitis, asthma |
Mean change in FEV1 in litres (SE) (N=3619) | |||
Childhood and adult—non-manual (n=772) | −0.74 (0.02) | −0.76 (0.02) | −0.76 (0.02) |
Childhood non-manual and adult manual social class (n=284) | −0.86 (0.03) | −0.85 (0.03) | −0.85 (0.03) |
Childhood manual and adult non-manual social class (n=1011) | −0.82 (0.01) | −0.83 (0.01) | −0.83 (0.01) |
Childhood manual and adult manual social class (n=1552) | −0.94 (0.01) | −0.92 (0.01) | −0.92 (0.01) |
p Value* | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Mean change in FVC in litres (SE) (N=3620) | |||
Childhood and adult—non-manual (n=772) | −1.02 (0.02) | −1.05 (0.02) | −1.04 (0.02) |
Childhood non-manual and adult manual social class (n=284) | −1.11 (0.04) | −1.10 (0.04) | −1.10 (0.04) |
Childhood manual and adult non-manual social class (n=1011) | −1.07 (0.02) | −1.08 (0.02) | −1.08 (0.02) |
Childhood manual and adult manual social class (n=1553) | −1.18 (0.02) | −1.16 (0.02) | −1.16 (0.02) |
p Value* | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
↵* p Value for difference in mean decline in four groups.