Relative Deprivation, Income Inequality, and Cardiovascular Health: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Studies in Hong Kong Chinese

The associations between absolute vs. relative income at the household or neighborhood level and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk remain understudied in the Chinese context. Further, it is unclear whether stress biomarkers, such as cortisol, are on the pathway from income to CVD risk. We examined t...

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Main Authors: Man Ki Kwok, Ichiro Kawachi, David Rehkopf, Michael Y. Ni, Gabriel M. Leung, C. Mary Schooling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.726617/full