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Socioeconomic Status, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults
P Kestil, CG Magnussen, JSA Viikari... - ... and Vascular Biology, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to investigate the extent to which socioeconomic status (SES) in young adults is associated with cardiovascular risk factor levels and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and their changes over a 6-year follow-up period.
From the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland (P.K., C.G.M., M.J., O.T.R.); Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (C.G.M.); Departments of Medicine (J.S.A.V., M.J.) and Clinical Physiology (O.T.R.), Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Departments of Clinical Physiology (M. Kähönen) and Clinical Chemistry (T.L.), University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Finland (N.H.-K.); Department of Pediatrics, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland (L.T.); Department of Pediatrics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (L.T.); Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland (A.J., B.-M.L.); Centre of Social and Health Services, Kuopio, Finland (M.P.); Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (E.J.); Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (M. Kivimäki).
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