Does IQ explain socio-economic differentials in total and cardiovascular disease mortality? Comparison with the explanatory power of traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Vietnam Experience Study

G David Batty, Martin J Shipley, Ruth Dundas, Sally Macintyre, Geoff Der, Laust H Mortensen, Ian J Deary

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the explanatory power of intelligence (IQ) compared with traditional cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in the relationship of socio-economic disadvantage with total and CVD mortality, that is the extent to which IQ may account for the variance in this well-documented association.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Heart Journal Supplements
Vol/bind30
Udgave nummer15
Sider (fra-til)1903-9
Antal sider7
ISSN1554-2815
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2009

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