Parental education as a predictor of offspring behavioural and physiological cardiovascular disease risk factors
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Parental education as a predictor of offspring behavioural and physiological cardiovascular disease risk factors.
BACKGROUND Childhood socio-economic disadvantage has been shown to be associated with an elevated rate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in adulthood. The objective of this study is to examine associations between mothers' and fathers' education and offspring CVD risk factors. METHODS The Oslo Youth Study (n = 498) was initiated in 1979. Children (age 11-15 years) attending six schools a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr106