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The role of cognitive ability (intelligence) in explaining the association between socioeconomic position and health: evidence from the Whitehall II prospective cohort study. |
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Archana Singh-Manoux1, 2, Jane Ferrie2, John Lynch3, Michael Marmot2 |
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Associations among cognitive ability, socioeconomic position, and health have been interpreted to imply that cognitive ability could explain social inequalities in health. The authors test this hypothesis by examining three questions: Is cognitive ability related to health? To what extent does it explain social inequalities in health? Do measures of socioeconomic position and cognitive ability have independent associations with health? Relative indices of inequality were used to estimate associations, using data from the Whitehall II study (baseline, 1985-1988), a British prospective cohort study (4,158 men and 1,680 women). Cognitive ability was significantly related to coronary heart disease, physical functioning, and self-rated health in both sexes and additionally to mental functioning in men. It explained some of the relation between socioeconomic position and health: 17% for coronary heart disease, 33% for physical functioning, 12% for mental functioning, and 39% for self-rated health. In analysis simultaneously adjusted for all measures of socioeconomic position, cognitive ability retained an independent association only with physical functioning in women. These results suggest that, although cognitive ability is related to health, it does not explain social inequalities in health. |
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Sciences du Vivant/Santé publique et épidémiologie
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Anglais |
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0002-9262 |
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Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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| DOI : |
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10.1093/aje/kwi109 |
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2005 |
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161 |
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831-9 |
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Adult – Coronary Disease – Female – Great Britain – Health Status – Humans – Incidence – Intelligence – Male – Middle Aged – Prospective Studies – Questionnaires – Research Support – Non-U.S. Gov't – U.S. Gov't – P.H.S. – Social Class – Adult – Coronary D |
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A. S.-M. was supported by a "Chaire d'excellence, 2004" award from the French Ministry of Research. The Whitehall II study has been supported by grants from the Medical Research Council; the British Heart Foundation; the Health and Safety Executive; the Department of Health; the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grant HL36310); the US National Institute on Aging; the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (grant HS06516); and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Networks on Successful Midlife Development and Socioeconomic Status and Health. M. M. was supported by a Medical Research Council research professorship. |
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