Height, social position and coronary heart disease incidence: the contribution of genetic and environmental factors
Conclusions
Residual height associations with SEP and CHD incidence were larger than for PGS-height. This supports the role of material and social living conditions in childhood as contributing factors to the association of height with both SEP and CHD risk.
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Silventoinen, K., Lahtinen, H., Davey Smith, G., Morris, T. T., Martikainen, P. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
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