Open AccessDoes low socioeconomic status potentiate the effects of heightened cardiovascular responses to stress on the progression of carotid atherosclerosis?
Author(s) -
John Lynch,
Susan A. Everson,
George A. Kaplan,
Riitta Salonen,
Jukka T. Salonen
Publication year - 1998
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.88.3.389
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , environmental health , cardiology , population
This study examined whether heightened cardiovascular reactivity and low socioeconomic status had synergistic effects on the progression of carotid atherosclerosis in a population of eastern Finnish men.