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Education, race, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol among US adults.
Author(s) -
David S. Freedman,
David Strogatz,
DW Williamson,
R. Aubert
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.7.999
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , demography , medicine , race (biology) , alcohol consumption , obesity , coronary heart disease , negroid , gerontology , ethnic group , epidemiology , alcohol , environmental health , population , biology , biochemistry , botany , sociology , anthropology
Although educational achievement is positively related to levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) among White adults, there is an inverse association among Blacks. We assessed whether this interaction could be attributed to differences in the relation of education to correlates of HDL-C.

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