Sozioökonomischer Status und inflammatorische Biomarker für Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen

Abstract

The SES gradient in cardiovascular diseases reflects behavioral as well as physiological pathways and systemic inflammation seems to be involved. Low SES is associated with an increased exposure to adverse circumstances of life, which can trigger biological responses and result in an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Medical history taking in cardiology should focus on socio-structural exposures and thereby reflect the different meanings of education, occupation and income.

Educational level and chronic inflammation in the elderly – the role of obesity: results from the population‐based CARLA study

“…Thus, we cannot assign a particular inflammation inducing effect to abdominal fat, but to obesity (iii) in general accounting for a maximum of just fewer than 50% on the total educational differences in inflammation. Previous research confirmed a higher awareness to health issues and wider acceptance of scientific findings related to disease prevention and lifestyle in people with higher education (32). Although our cohort consisted of older subjects, the educational level appears to be a stable factor influencing health conviction and health status over several decades.…”

“…Previous research confirmed a higher awareness to health issues and wider acceptance of scientific findings related to disease prevention and lifestyle in people with higher education . Although our cohort consisted of older subjects, the educational level appears to be a stable factor influencing health conviction and health status over several decades.…”

“…Closely linked to inflammation, in adolescence BMI seemed to mediate more than half of the total socio‐economic effect on inflammation . However, in our collective of an elderly population, further factors such as psychosocial stress and adverse life events depending themselves on education might have an additionally mediating effect.…”

“…In the present study, we used a cross‐sectional approach; however, prospective studies are needed to draw causal conclusions . Nevertheless, the long time period between the end of education and the onset of cardiovascular events makes it difficult to use a prospective approach when studying an elderly population.…”

The Social Dimension of Adolescent Health: Challenges for Paediatric Research and Practice

“…It also requires that paediatrics and medical sociology are reciprocally more aware of the literature in order to further develop joint frameworks and conceptual models as well as measurements and research designs. Another task of such a biopsychosocial as well as explicitly social research on adolescent health would be to focus on the question how social influences are embodied in physiological characteristics and thus exert an influence on health as well as how they are reflected in social inequalities in health [29,38,64]. This would provide new insights on how social conditions form a) the expression of biological features and b) societal patterns of health and disease.…”