The association of personal and neighborhood socioeconomic indicators with subclinical cardiovascular disease in an elderly cohort. The cardiovascular health study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 2139-2147

  Nordstrom, Cheryl K ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^a   Jackson, Sharon A ^b   Gardin, Julius M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Occupation; Socioeconomic status; Subclinical disease

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 4444327583     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Bots M.L., Hoes A.W., Koudstaal P.J., et al. Common carotid intima-media thickness and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. The Rotterdam study Circulation. 96:1997;1432-1437
2. Chambless L.E., Heiss G., Folsom A.R., et al. Association of coronary heart disease incidence with carotid arterial wall thickness and major risk factors. The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study, 1987-1993 American Journal of Epidemiology. 146:1997;483-494
3. Diez-Roux A.V. Investigating neighborhood and area effects on health. American Journal of Public Health. 91:2001;1783-1789
4. Diez Roux A.V., Kiefe C.I., Jacobs D.R., et al. Area characteristics and individual-level socioeconomic position indicators in three population-based epidemiologic studies. Annals of Epidemiology. 11:2001;395-405
5. Diez-Roux A.V., Nieto F.J., Tyroler H.A., Crum L.D., Szklo M. Social inequalities and atherosclerosis. The atherosclerosis risk in communities study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 141:1995;960-972
6. Diez-Roux A.V., Stein Merkin S., Arnett D., et al. Neighborhood of residence and incidence of coronary heart disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 345:2001;99-106
7. Feldman J.J., Makuc D.M., Kleinman J.C., et al. National trends in educational differentials in mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology. 129:1989;919-933
8. Fried L.P., Borhani N.O., Enright P., et al. The cardiovascular health study. Design and rationale Annals of Epidemiology. 1:1991;263-276
9. Gallo L.C., Matthews K.A., Kuller L.H., Sutton-Tyrrell K., Edmundowicz D. Educational attainment and coronary and aortic calcification in postmenopausal women. Psychosomatic Medicine. 63:2001;925-935
10. Haywood L.J., Ell K., Sobel E., de Guzman M., Blumfield D. Rose Questionnaire responses among black, Latino, and white subjects in two socioeconomic strata. Ethnicity & Disease. 3:1993;303-314
11. Hodis H.N., Mack W.J., LaBree L., et al. The role of carotid arterial intima-media thickness in predicting clinical coronary events. Annals of Internal Medicine. 128:1998;262-269
12. Kaplan G.A., Keil J.E. Socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular disease. A review of the literature Circulation. 88:1993;1973-1998
13. Kuller L., Borhani N.O., Furberg C., et al. Prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease and association with risk factors in the cardiovascular health study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 139:1994;1164-1179
14. Lamont D., Parker L., White M., et al. Risk of cardiovascular disease measured by carotid intima-media thickness at age 49-51. Lifecourse study British Medical Journal. 320:2000;273-278
15. Lynch J., Kaplan G.A., Salonen R., Cohen R.D., Salonen J.T. Socioeconomic status and carotid atherosclerosis. Circulation. 92:1995;1786-1792
16. Lynch J., Kaplan G.A., Salonen R., Salonen J.T. Socioeconomic status and progression of carotid atherosclerosis. Prospective evidence from the Kuopio heart disease risk factor study Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 17:1997;513-519
17. Marmot M.G., Smith G.D., Stansfeld S., et al. Health inequalities among British civil servants. The Whitehall II study Lancet. 337:1991;1387-1393
18. O'Leary D.H., Polak J.F., Kronmal R.A., et al. Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults. Cardiovascular health study collaborative research group. New England Journal of Medicine. 340:1999;14-22
19. Robert S., House J.S. SES differentials in health by age and alternative indicators of SES. Journal of Aging and Health. 8:1996;359-388
20. Robins J.M., Greenland S. Identifiability and exchangeability for direct and indirect effects. Epidemiology. 3:1992;143-155
21. Rose G., Marmot M.G. Social class and coronary heart disease. British Heart Journal. 45:1981;13-19
22. Rosvall M., Ostergren P.O., Hedblad B., Isacsson S.O., Janzon L., Berglund G. Occupational status, educational level, and the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in a general population sample of middle-aged Swedish men and women. Results from the Malmo diet and cancer study American Journal of Epidemiology. 152:2000;334-346
23. Salonen J.T., Salonen R. Ultrasound B-mode imaging in observational studies of atherosclerotic progression. Circulation. 87(suppl 3):1993;II56-II65