Socioeconomic differences in cardiometabolic factors: Social causation or health-related selection? Evidence from the whitehall II cohort study, 1991-2004

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 779-789

  Elovainio, Marko ^a,b   Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,c   Shipley, Martin ^a   Batty, G David ^a   Head, Jenny ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a,d   Virtanen, Marianna ^a,e   Brunner, Eric ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; health status disparities; longitudinal studies; metabolic syndrome X; public health; social class

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID;

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FASTING; GLUCOSE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053206288     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr149     Document Type: Review

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