Association of Educational Attainment With Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Estimates of lifetime risk may help raise awareness of the extent to which educational inequalities are associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Objective

To estimate lifetime risks of CVD according to categories of educational attainment.

Design, setting, and participants

Participants were followed from 1987 through December 31, 2013. All CVD events (coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke) were confirmed by physician review and International Classification of Diseases codes. A total of 13 948 whites and African Americans who were 45 to 64 years old and free of CVD at baseline were included from 4 US communities (Washington County, Maryland; Forsyth County, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; and suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota).

SUBMITTER: Kubota Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710437 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature