The impact of social status inconsistency on cardiovascular risk factors, myocardial infarction and stroke in the EPIC-Heidelberg cohort

• Main Authors: Hermann Silke (Author), Nagel Gabriele (Author), Peter Richard (Author), Braig Stefanie (Author), Rohrmann Sabine (Author), Linseisen Jakob (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Social inequalities in cardiovascular diseases are well documented. Yet, the relation of social status inconsistency (having different ranks in two or more status indicators like education, occupational position or income) and medica...