November 11, 2008BMC Public HealthOpen Access

The impact of education on risk factors and the occurrence of multimorbidity in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort

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Why the study?

Does lower educational attainment increase the risk of multimorbidity in older adults?

Structured PICO

Does lower educational attainment increase the risk of multimorbidity in older adults?

Population

13,781 participants of the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), aged 50-75 years at the end of follow-up.

Intervention

Lowest educational category

Comparator

Highest educational category

Outcome

Occurrence of multimorbidity (>= 2 concurrent chronic diseases)

Lower educational attainment is significantly associated with a higher prevalence of multimorbidity, with increasing BMI being a major intermediate factor.

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Implication

Should not change practice; hypothesis-generating for education-targeted multimorbidity prevention in older adults.

Cite This Study

Nagel et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff7e9710d6befb25774a44 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-384

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The impact of education on risk factors and the occurrence of multimorbidity in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort

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The impact of education on risk factors and the occurrence of multimorbidity in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

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