Titre : | Potential explanations for the educational gradient in coronary heart disease : A population-based case-control study of swedish women. (1999) |
Auteurs : | S.P. WAMALA ; M.A. MITTLEMAN ; K. ORTH-GOMER ; K. SCHENCK-GUSTAFSSON ; Department of Public Health Sciences. Division of Preventive Medicine. Karolinska Institutet. Stockholm. SWE |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 3, 1999) |
Pagination : | 315-321 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Suède ; Europe ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Femme ; Cardiopathie coronaire ; Niveau enseignement ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Facteur risque ; Condition vie ; Stress ; Appareil circulatoire [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST ZLR0xIBm. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study examined the association between educational attainment and coronary heart disease (CHD) and the factors that may explain this association. Methods. This population-based case-control study included 292 women with CHD who were 65 years or younger and 292 age-matched controls. Results. Compared with the adjusted odds ratio for CHD associated with college education, the age-adjusted odds ratio associated with mandatory education ( |