Social Class, Risk Factors, and Stroke Incidence in Men and Women
Author(s) -
Emily McFadden,
Robert Luben,
Nicholas J. Wareham,
Sheila Bingham,
KayTee Khaw
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.533414
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , stroke (engine) , socioeconomic status , demography , body mass index , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , population , gerontology , social class , cumulative incidence , confidence interval , environmental health , psychiatry , cohort , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , sociology , political science , law , engineering
The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between occupational social class and stroke incidence and the extent to which classical, lifestyle, and psychosocial risk factors may explain such relationships.
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