When do social inequalities in C-reactive protein start? A life course perspective from conception to adulthood in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
Author(s) -
David Gimeno,
J. E. Ferrie,
Marko Elovainio,
Laura Pulkki-Råbäck,
Liisa KeltikangasJärvinen,
Carita Eklund,
Mikko Hurme,
Terho Lehtimäki,
Jukka Marniemi,
Jorma Viikari,
O. T. Raitakari,
Mika Kivimäki
Publication year - 2007
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/dym244
Subject(s) - life course approach , perspective (graphical) , inequality , social inequality , developmental psychology , medicine , psychology , gerontology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
It is unclear when in the life course do social inequalities in inflammation emerge. We examined whether the association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and C-reactive protein (CRP) is determined at conception, in childhood, adolescence or adulthood in 1484 participants from the population-based Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
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