A Nandi, MM Glymour, SV Subramanian - Epidemiology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: Health behaviors may contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, although the extent of such contribution remains unclear. We assessed the extent to which …
Background Socio-economic inequalities in mortality are well established, yet the contribution of intermediate risk factors that may underlie these relationships remains …
Abstract The United States (US) has witnessed a notable increase in socioeconomic disparities in all-cause mortality since 2000. While this period is marked by significant …
Objectives We examined whether using repeatedly measured material and behavioral factors contributed differently to socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality compared …
NK Mehta, JS House, MR Elliott - J Epidemiol Community Health, 2015 - jech.bmj.com
Background To measure the explanatory role of behavioural factors to educational and income disparities in mortality among US adults (ages 25+). Methods Data were from four …
Importance Health inequities exist for racial and ethnic minorities and persons with lower educational attainment due to differential exposure to economic, social, structural, and …
Importance There are substantial and increasing educational differences in US adult life expectancy. To reduce social inequalities in mortality, it is important to understand how …
Background: Differential exposures to behavioral risk factors have been shown to play an important mediating role on the education–mortality relation. However, little is known about …
BACKGROUND: Low educational attainment is a marker of socioeconomic status that correlates strongly with higher death rates from many conditions. No previous studies have …