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Coronary heart disease from a life-course approach
— findings from the Health and Retirement Study, 1998-2004 | | Author(s) | Mary Elizabeth Bowen |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 22, no 2, March 2010 |
| Pages | pp 219-241 |
| Source | http://jah.sagepub.com/ doi:10.1177/0898264309355981 |
| Keywords | Heart disease ; Ill health ; Life span ; Poverty ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Guided by a life-course approach to chronic disease, this study examined the ways in which childhood deprivation (low parental education and father's manual occupation) may be associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). Multilevel modelling techniques and a nationally representative sample of 18,465 Americans aged 50+ from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were used to examine childhood and CHD relationships over the course of 6 years (1998-2004). Having a father who had less than 8 years of education was associated with 11% higher odds of CHD, accounting for demographic characteristics, adult socioeconomic status (SES; education, income and wealth), CHD risks (diabetes, hypertension, cigarette smoking and obesity), and other factors (childhood health, exercise, stroke and marital status). Policies and programmes aimed at improving the conditions of poor children and their families may effectively reduce the prevalence of CHD in later life. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100913202 A |
| Classmark | CQH: CH: BG6: W6: 49: 3J: 7T |
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