Can cardiovascular risk factors explain the association between education and cardiovascular disease in young women?
We sought to explain the observed variation in the relationship between education and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among young women in countries at different stages of economic development. Data comprised 2,478 cases of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or stroke and 6,819 age-matched controls from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The risks of AMI associated with lower education observed in Eastern Europe and higher education in non-European countries were reduced by 92% in Eastern Europe and totally abolished in non-European countries by adjustment for standard cardiovascular risk factors. The inverse associations between education and stroke risk in the three non-African regions were attenuated by 22, 47, and 60% after adjustment. In Africa, the slight inconsistent trend towards lower stroke risk in less well educated women was unaffected by adjustment. These data suggest that standard risk factors explain a substantial proportion if not all of the difference in AMI
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