Open AccessChildhood Cognition and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Midadulthood: The 1958 British Birth Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Chris Power,
Barbara J. Jefferis,
Orly Manor
Publication year - 2010
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.2008.155564
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , blood pressure , body mass index , cohort , cohort study , social class , demography , confidence interval , cognition , gerontology , disease , risk factor , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
We sought to establish whether associations between childhood cognition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood are explained by common causes, or adult social position or health behavior.