Socioeconomic status in relation to cardiovascular disease and cause-specific mortality: a comparison of Asian and Australasian populations in a pooled analysis

303,036 people (71% from Asia) from 24 prospective cohort studies in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Inclusion criteria: prospective cohort study design, accumulated at least 5000 person-years of follow-up, recorded date of birth (or age), sex and blood pressure at baseline and date of, or age at, death during follow-up.

Primary education (lower educational attainment)

Tertiary education (higher educational attainment)

Cardiovascular disease (fatal or non-fatal), all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cancer mortalityhard clinical