Education reduces the effects of genetic susceptibilities to poor physical health | Zendy

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Education reduces the effects of genetic susceptibilities to poor physical health

Author(s) -

Wendy Johnson,

Kirsten Ohm Kyvik,

Erik Lykke Mortensen,

Axel Skytthe,

G. David Batty,

Ian J. Deary

Publication year - 2009

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/dyp314

Subject(s) - educational attainment , variance (accounting) , health education , danish , public health , environmental health , demography , medicine , explained variation , gerontology , psychology , statistics , nursing , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , economics , economic growth , business , accounting

Greater education is associated with better physical health. This has been of great concern to public health officials. Most demonstrations show that education influences mean levels of health. Little is known about the influence of education on variance in health status, or about how this influence may impact the underlying genetic and environmental sources of health problems. This study explored these influences.

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