Potential explanations for the educational gradient in coronary heart disease: A population-based case-control study of Swedish women

S.P. Wamala, M.A. Mittleman, K. Schenck-Gustafsson and K. Orth-Gomér

American Journal of Public Health, 1999, vol. 89, issue 3, 315-321

Abstract: Objectives. This study examined the association between educational attainment and coronary heart disease (CHD) and the factors that may explain this association. Methods. This population-based case-control study included 292 women with CHD who were 65 years, or younger and 292 age-matched controls. Results. Compared with the adjusted odds ratio for CHD associated with college education, the age-adjusted odds ratio associated with mandatory education (≤9 years) was 1.87 (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.23, 2.84) and the odds ratio for high school education was 1.35 (95% CI=0.81, 2.25) (P for trend

Date: 1999
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