Demographic characteristics of the sample, and smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and BMI at recruitment in men.

<p>IQR =  inter quartile range.</p

Hazard ratio (HRs) for mortality across the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) in men (blue diamonds) and women (red squares), in Northern (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), Central (UK, Netherlands, and Germany), and Southern (Spain, Italy, and Greece) European countries; fully adjusted model (including smoking status at recruitment, BMI in 2.5 kg/m² categories, alcohol consumption at recruitment, leisure physical activity, and fruit and vegetables consumption, and stratifyied by age and centre of recruitment).

<p>Hazard ratio (HRs) for mortality across the Relative Index of Inequality (RII) in men (blue diamonds) and women (red squares), in Northern (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), Central (UK, Netherlands, and Germany), and Southern (Spain, Italy, and Greece) European countries; fully adjusted model (including smoking status at recruitment, BMI in 2.5 kg/m² categories, alcohol consumption at recruitment, leisure physical activity, and fruit and vegetables consumption, and stratifyied by age and centre of recruitment).</p

Cumulative mortality at different ages by education level and sex (blue lines for men, orange/red lines for women; circles for none-primary education, triangles for technical education, squares for secondary education, diamonds for university degree).

<p>Cumulative mortality at different ages by education level and sex (blue lines for men, orange/red lines for women; circles for none-primary education, triangles for technical education, squares for secondary education, diamonds for university degree).</p

Relative Index of Inequality (RII) for specific causes of death in men and women.

*<p>stratified by centre of recruitment and age; †including smoking status at recruitment (never smoker, former smoker ≥10 years, former smoker <10 years, former smoker unknown, current smoker <15 cigarettes/day, 15–24 cigarettes/day, ≥25 cigarettes/day) and stratified by centre of recruitment; ‡ including smoking status at recruitment (as in †) and BMI in 2.5 kg/m² categories (<20.0; 20.1–22.5; 22.6–25.0; 25.1–22.5; 22.6–30.0; 30.1–32.5; 32.6–35.0; 35.1–37.5; ≥37.6) and stratified by centre of recruitment; ** including smoking status at recruitment and BMI (as in ‡) and alcohol consumption at recruitment (g/day, in deciles of distribution), leisure physical activity (inactive, moderately active, active, and unknown), and fruit and vegetables consumption; ††models including smoking are adjusted for smoking status at recruitment as a categorical variable (never, current, or former smoker); age at the start of, and duration of, smoking (in years) as continuous variables; a linear and a quadratic term for current quantity smoked (number of cigarettes per day); and two interaction terms between duration and quantity and between age at start and duration; ‡‡ never smoker only.</p

Cox regression-derived Hazard Ratios (HR) for total mortality across educational levels and across Relative Inequality Index (RII) in crude (Model 1) and adjusted (Model 2 to 4) models.

*<p>including sex and stratified by centre of recruitment and age; †including sex, smoking status at recruitment (never smoker, former smoker ≥10 years, former smoker <10 years, former smoker unknown, current smoker <15 cigarettes/day, 15–24 cigarettes/day, ≥25 cigarettes/day) and stratified by centre of recruitment; <b>‡</b>including sex, smoking status at recruitment (as in †) and BMI in 2.5 kg/m² categories (<20.0; 20.1–22.5; 22.6–25.0; 25.1–22.5; 22.6–30.0; 30.1–32.5; 32.6–35.0; 35.1–37.5; ≥37.6) and stratified by centre of recruitment; ** including sex, smoking status at recruitment and BMI (as in ‡) and alcohol consumption at recruitment (g/day, in deciles of distribution), leisure physical activity (inactive, moderately active, active, and unknown), and fruit and vegetables consumption; ††never smoker only.</p

Demographic characteristics of the sample, and smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and BMI at recruitment in women.

<p>IQR =  inter quartile range.</p