81.   When all were examined together a trend of increasing risk with lower social class was also found.

82.   The incidence rates were indirectly standardised for age and parity at diagnosis and social class at recruitment, with the total study population as the reference population.

83.   When all women were examined together, there was a significant trend of increasing risk of gall bladder disease with lower social class.

84.   In summary, cigarette smoking, parity, and possibly lower social class were associated with an increased risk of symptomatic gall bladder disease in women.

85.   Once thought of as a disorder of upper social classes, it now seems to be well represented across the socioeconomic spectrum.

86.   When the authors looked at the proportion of the community experiencing vulnerability factors, important social class differences emerged.

87.   The studies examined were all controlled ones with samples divided according to severity of depression and controlling for age, social class and sex.

88.   Reducing the widening social class divide in smoking as a priority in line with Government plans in Health of the Nation White Paper.

89.   Rarely, if ever, do we find such a consensus across area and social class.

90.   They were also younger, of higher social class, better-educated and more likely to own their homes.