Educational Level, but Not Income or Area Deprivation, is Related to Macrovascular Disease: Results From Two Population-Based Cohorts in Germany

• Main Authors: Violetta Ptushkina (Author), Esther Seidel-Jacobs (Author), Werner Maier (Author), Sabine Schipf (Author), Henry Völzke (Author), Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus (Author), Matthias Nauck (Author), Christa Meisinger (Author), Annette Peters (Author), Christian Herder (Author), Lars Schwettmann (Author), Marcus Dörr (Author), Stephan B. Felix (Author), Michael Roden (Author), Wolfgang Rathmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: An inverse relationship between education and cardiovascular risk has been described, however, the combined association of education, income, and neighborhood socioeconomic status with macrovascular disease is less clear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of education...