Quality and quantity: The association of state-level educational policies with later life cardiovascular disease.

ABSTRACT: Education is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. While the majority of the literature has focused on years of educational attainment or degree attainment, fewer studies examine the role of educational quality in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We tested the hypothesis that average state-level educational quality was associated with CVD, linking state-level data on educational quality with individual demographic and health data from multiple waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (N = 34,770). We examined thirteen CVD-related outcomes-including blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart attack-to understand the multiple pathways through which educational quality may influence CVD. The primary predictor was a composite index of e

SUBMITTER: Hamad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697595 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature