Do reading comprehension, depressive symptoms, and perceived constraint mediate the association between education and CHD risk in men and women?
Interventions targeting reading comprehension, depressive symptoms, and perceived constraint could potentially reduce educational inequalities in coronary heart disease risk.
Evidence suggested that reading comprehension in women and men, and depressive symptoms and perceived constraint in women, may mediate some of the association between education and CHD risk. If these mediated effects are interpreted causally, interventions targeting reading, depressive symptoms, and perceived constraint could reduce educational inequalities in CHD.
Loucks et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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