Educational Attainment and Lifestyle Risk Factors Associated With All-Cause Mortality in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The US has experienced increasing socioeconomic inequalities and stagnating life expectancy. Past studies have not disentangled 2 mechanisms thought to underlie socioeconomic inequalities in health, differential exposure and differential vulnerability, that have different policy implications.

Objective

To evaluate the extent to which the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and all-cause mortality can be decomposed into a direct effect of SES, indirect effects through lifestyle factors (differential exposure), and joint effects of SES with lifestyle factors (differential vulnerability).

Design setting and participants

This nationwide, population-based cohort study used the cross-sectional US National Health Interview Survey linked to the National

SUBMITTER: Puka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994133 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature