Influence of fathers' social class on cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men
The LancetPublished 1 November 1996
S. Goya Wannamethee, Peter H. Whincup, Gerald Shaper, Mary Walker
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The higher risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction and self-reported physician-diagnosed ischaemic heart disease seen in men whose father's social class was manual suggests that socioeconomic status early in life has some persisting influence on ischaemia heart disease risk in adult life.
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Father's social class is strongly associated with adult social class. The higher risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction and self-reported physician-diagnosed ischaemic heart disease seen in men whose father's social class was manual suggests that socioeconomic status early in life has some persisting influence on ischaemic heart disease risk in adult life.
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