1st Author, year & reference number Study name | Early life and/or adult SES measures | Variables adjusted for other than age | CVD risk factor(s) measured |
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Arnesen 1985 [65] Tromso Heart Study | Early-life: 4-level index of household economic conditions | CVD RF's | Cholesterol, SBP, glucose, BMI, smoking, more |
Notkola 1985 [40] East-West Study | Early-life: 5-level index using father's occup & farm size; Adult: occup (6 groups) | None | Smoking, cholesterol, SBP |
Wadsworth 1985 [98] Medical Research Council National Survey of Health Study | Early-life: index of father's occup & parents' edu; Adult: occup (RG) & employment | CVD RF's | SBP, DBP |
Braddon 1986 [71] British 1946 Birth Cohort | Early-life: 2 social class indices of father's occup; Adult: occup (RG, 8 groups), edu (high/low) | Adult SES, CVD RF's | Obesity (BMI > 30.0 for men, > 29.1 for women) |
Peck 1994 [66] Swedish census cohort study | Early-life: father's occup (7 groups); Adult: occup (7 groups) | None | Smoking, physical activity |
Blane 1996 [64] Collaborative Study | Early-life: father's occup (RG, 4 groups); Adult: occup (RG, 4 groups) | Adult SES | DBP, physical activity, smoking, BMI, FEV1, more |
Lynch 1997 [99] Kuopio Study | Child: SES index (3 groups); Adolescent: edu (3 groups); Adult: occup, income, possessions, more | Energy intake | Smoking, drinking, obesity, physical activity, diet |
Power 1997a [14] 1958 British Birth Cohort | Child: father's occup (RG, 4 groups); At 23 years: occup, edu; At 33 years: occup | None | BMI (obesity) |
Power 1997b [90] 1958 British Birth Cohort | Child: father's occup (RG, 4 groups); At 23 years: occup, edu; At 33 years: occup | None | Smoking, BMI (obesity) |
Davey Smith 1998 [44] Collaborative Study | Early-life: father's occup (4 groups); Adult: occup (6 groups) | None | Smoking, DBP, cholesterol, BMI, FEV1 |
van de Mheen 1998 [63] Longitudinal Study, Netherlands | Early-life: father's occup (6 groups); Adult: occup (6 groups) | Adult SES | BMI, smoking, alcohol, leisure physical activity |
Brunner 1999 [67] Whitehall II Study | Early-life: father's occup (RG, 4 groups); Adult: occup (Civil Service grade, 4 groups) | Adult SES | Smoking, activity, HDL, BMI, fibrinogen, more |
Davey Smith 2002 [52] Collaborative Study | Early-life: father's occup (mnl/non-mnl); Adult: occup (mnl/non-mnl) | None | Smoking, alcohol, area deprivation |
Lawlor 2002 [68] British Women's Heart Study | Early-life: father's occup (RG, 6 groups); Adult: current occup (RG, 6 groups) | Adult SES | Insulin resistance, SBP, cholesterol, BMI, smoking, triglycerides, alcohol, more |
Poulton 2002 [73] Dunedin Multidisciplinary Study | Early-life: parental occup (6 groups) at 0, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15 years; Adult: current occup (3 groups) | Adult SES | BMI, WHR, SBP, smoking, alcohol, more |
Lawlor 2003 [69] British Women's Heart Study | Early-life: father's longest occup (mnl / non-mnl); Adult: longest occup (RG, 6 groups) | CVD RF's | HOMA, SBP, HDL, triglycerides |
Parker 2003 [70] Newcastle 1000 Families Study | Birth: father's occup & housing; 5 & 10 years: same, plus adverse life events; Adult: wage earner's occup | None | CMS, BMI, WHR, fasting insulin, triglycerides, HDL |