Is Childhood Socioeconomic Status Related to Coronary Heart Disease? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study (1992-2012)

Minjee Lee; M. Mahmud Khan; Brad Wright

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Is Childhood Socioeconomic Status Related to Coronary Heart Disease? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study (1992-2012)

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Is Childhood Socioeconomic Status Related to Coronary Heart Disease? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study (1992-2012)

Minjee Lee, M. Mahmud Khan and Brad Wright

Gerontology and geriatric medicine, Vol.3, pp.2333721417696673-2333721417696673

03/08/2017

DOI: 10.1177/2333721417696673

PMCID: PMC5433678

PMID: 28540340

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Abstract

Objective: We investigated the association between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and coronary heart disease (CHD) in older Americans. Method: We used Health and Retirement Study data from 1992 to 2012 to examine a nationally representative sample of Americans aged ≥50 years ( N = 30,623). We modeled CHD as a function of childhood and adult SES using maternal and paternal educational level as a proxy for childhood SES. Results: Respondents reporting low childhood SES were significantly more likely to have CHD than respondents reporting high childhood SES. Respondents reporting both low childhood and adult SES were 2.34 times more likely to have CHD than respondents reporting both high childhood and adult SES. People with low childhood SES and high adult SES were 1.60 times more likely than people with high childhood SES and high adult SES to report CHD in the fully adjusted model. High childhood SES and low adult SES increased the likelihood of CHD by 13%, compared with high SES both as a child and adult. Conclusion: Childhood SES is significantly associated with increased risk of CHD in later life among older adult Americans.

aging

heart diseases

socioeconomic factors

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Title: Subtitle: Is Childhood Socioeconomic Status Related to Coronary Heart Disease? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study (1992-2012)
Creators: Minjee Lee - University of South Carolina
M. Mahmud Khan - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Brad Wright - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Gerontology and geriatric medicine, Vol.3, pp.2333721417696673-2333721417696673
DOI: 10.1177/2333721417696673
PMID: 28540340
PMCID: PMC5433678
NLM abbreviation: Gerontol Geriatr Med
ISSN: 2333-7214
eISSN: 2333-7214
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
Date published: 03/08/2017
Academic Unit: Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9984364548402771

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