Illiteracy, low educational status, and cardiovascular mortality in India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influence of education, a marker of SES, on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has not been evaluated in low-income countries. To determine influence of education on CVD mortality a cohort study was performed in India.

Methods

148,173 individuals aged ≥ 35 years were recruited in Mumbai during 1991-1997 and followed to ascertain vital status during 1997-2003. Subjects were divided according to educational status into one of the five groups: illiterate, primary school (≦ 5 years of formal education), middle school (6-8 years), secondary school (9-10 years) and college (> 10 years). Multivariate analyses using Cox proportional hazard model was performed and hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) determined.

Results

At average follow-up of

SUBMITTER: Pednekar MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3160988 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature