Titre :
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Male-female differences in the association between socioeconomic status and atherosclerotic risk in adolescents. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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MURASKO (Jason-E) : USA. Department of Economics. Finance. Marketing. And Decision Science. University of Houston - Clear Lake. Houston. TX.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 67, n° 11, 2008)
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Pagination :
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1889-1897
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Artériosclérose
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Femme
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Hypercholestérolémie
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Etude comparée
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Risque cumulé
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Facteur associé
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Association
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Cardiopathie coronaire
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Facteur socioéconomique
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Facteur risque
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Risque
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Adolescent
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Cholestérol
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Sexe
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Lipoprotéine
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Homme
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Amérique
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Lipide
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Hyperlipoprotéinémie
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS sF7sR0xs. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Recent work suggests that the association between socioeconomic status and coronary heart disease may be stronger in adult women than in men. This paper evaluates a parallel to these findings in adolescence (aged 12-17) by examining male-female differences in the association between family income and markers of atherosclerosis in the 1999-2004 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. We found that moving from the 25th to 75th income percentile is associated with up to a 5.4% greater reduction in the probability of low HDL-C in females compared to males, and a 4.5% greater reduction in the probability of high C-reactive protein. No associations are found between income and LDL-C in either sex. A stronger income-adiposity association in females explains part of the C-reactive protein result, but not the HDL-C result. The implications of these findings are discussed in the context of lifecourse development of coronary heart disease and related health policy.
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