The Association between Educational Level and Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases within the EPICOR Study: New Evidence for an Old Inequality Problem.

A consistent association has been reported between low socioeconomic status (SES) and cardiovascular events (CE), whereas the association between SES and cerebrovascular events (CBVD) is less clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between SES (measured using education) and C...

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Main Authors: Fulvio Ricceri, Carlotta Sacerdote, Maria Teresa Giraudo, Francesca Fasanelli, Giulia Lenzo, Matteo Galli, Sabina Sieri, Valeria Pala, Giovanna Masala, Benedetta Bendinelli, Rosario Tumino, Graziella Frasca, Paolo Chiodini, Amalia Mattiello, Salvatore Panico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5053474?pdf=render