Low educational attainment is associated with higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the United States adult population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Educational attainment is an important social determinant of health (SDOH) for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the association between educational attainment and all-cause and CVD mortality has not been longitudinally evaluated on a population-level in the US, especially in individuals with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). In this nationally representative study, we assessed the association between educational attainment and the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular (CVD) mortality in the general adult population and in adults with ASCVD in the US.

Methods

We used data from the 2006-2014 National Death Index-linked National Health Interview Survey for adults ≥ 18 years. We generated age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) by levels of educationa

SUBMITTER: Khan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature