Is the association between low job control and coronary heart disease confounded by risk factors measured in childhood and adolescence among Swedish males 40–53 years of age? | Zendy

Tomas Hemmingsson | Zendy; Ingrid E. Lundberg | Zendy

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Is the association between low job control and coronary heart disease confounded by risk factors measured in childhood and adolescence among Swedish males 40–53 years of age?

Author(s) -

Tomas Hemmingsson,

Ingrid E. Lundberg

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi308

Subject(s) - medicine , job control , demography , cohort , cohort study , life course approach , epidemiology , gerontology , psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , electrical engineering , sense (electronics) , engineering

Low job control is associated with an increased relative risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The increased risk seems to be most marked in men under 55 years of age. Adverse social circumstances in childhood have been related to an increased risk of CHD in adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of differences in CHD risk factors measured in childhood or late adolescence (indicators of social circumstances and negative behaviour), as well as social circumstances in adulthood, for the association between low job control and CHD among Swedish men 40-53 years of age.

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