Gender differences in the association between socioeconomic status and subclinical atherosclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Grimaud, Olivier ^a   Lapostolle, Annabelle ^b   Berr, Claudine ^b   Helmer, Catherine ^b   Dufouil, Carole ^b,c   Kihal, Wahida ^a   Alpérovitch, Annick ^b,c   Chauvin, Pierre ^b  

^a French School of Public Health   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894274156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080195     Document Type: Article

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