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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Forsberg PO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834378 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Health & place 20180110
We studied the association between neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) or ischemic stroke in the total population and in full- and half-siblings to determine whether these associations are causal or a result from familial confounding. Data were retrieved from nationwide Swedish registers containing individual clinical data linked to neighborhood of residence. After adjustment for individual SES, the association between neighborhood SES and CHD sh ...[more]