Why the study?
Does low socio-economic status associate with worse cardiovascular risk indicators in healthy adolescents?
Population
Healthy 14- and 17-year-old Swedish adolescents
Comparison
Low socio-economic status (SES) of parents vs Higher socio-economic status (SES) of parents
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant SES-informed screening in adolescents; leaves open whether interventions reduce risk clustering in girls.
Does low socio-economic status associate with worse cardiovascular risk indicators in healthy adolescents?
Low socio-economic status is associated with an unfavorable cardiovascular risk profile in adolescents, particularly clustering of risk factors in girls.
Bergström et al. (1996) studied this question.
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