Low Socioeconomic Status Over 12 Years and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease | Zendy

Rebecca C. Thurston | Zendy; Samar R. El Khoudary | Zendy; Carol A. Derby | Zendy; Emma BarinasMitchell | Zendy; Tené T. Lewis | Zendy; Candace K. McClure | Zendy; Karen A. Matthews | Zendy

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Low Socioeconomic Status Over 12 Years and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease

Author(s) -

Rebecca C. Thurston,

Samar R. El Khoudary,

Carol A. Derby,

Emma BarinasMitchell,

Tené T. Lewis,

Candace K. McClure,

Karen A. Matthews

Publication year - 2014

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.113.004162

Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , confidence interval , job strain , subclinical infection , odds ratio , logistic regression , demography , cardiology , population , environmental health , psychosocial , psychiatry , sociology

The inverse relation between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease is well established. However, few studies have investigated socioeconomic status assessed repeatedly during adulthood in relation to subclinical atherosclerosis. We aimed to test whether consistently low socioeconomic status, as indexed by education, income, and financial strain, for 12 years of midlife was related to later carotid intima-media thickness and plaque among women.

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