Key result
Each adverse socioeconomic indicator linked to ~11% greater CHD risk, independent of adult risk factors.
Why the study?
The associations of childhood and adult socioeconomic position measurements with coronary heart disease risk and their cumulative effects across the lifecourse were not fully understood.
Does adverse socioeconomic position across the lifecourse increase coronary heart disease risk in older women?
Cohort (n=4,286)
Does adverse socioeconomic position across the lifecourse increase coronary heart disease risk in older women?
Odds Ratio: 1.11 (95% CI 1.06–1.16)
Adverse socioeconomic position across the lifecourse cumulatively increases the risk of coronary heart disease in women, independent of traditional adult risk factors such as smoking.
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May support incorporating lifecourse socioeconomic history into CHD risk evaluation in older women; leaves open whether addressing early disadvantage alters outcomes.
Debbie A. Lawlor (2005) conducted a cohort in Coronary heart disease (n=4,286). Adverse socioeconomic position across the lifecourse was evaluated on Prevalent coronary heart disease (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.06-1.16). Each additional adverse lifecourse socioeconomic indicator increased the odds of prevalent coronary heart disease (OR 1.11; 95% CI 1.06-1.16), an effect not fully explained by adult risk factors.
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