Socioeconomic status, cardiovascular risk factors and coronary atherosclerosis: a SCOT-HEART trial analysis
Socioeconomic status is not an independent predictor of coronary artery disease severity, rather, the association is mostly determined by modifiable risk factors. Preventive therapies, guided by CCTA, achieves similar benefits in both low and high socioeconomic status individuals.
Authors
- Philip D Adamson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6177-956X)
- Giles Roditi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-7764)
- Evangelos Tzolos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0038-043X)
- Zheng Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3191-4473)
- Nicholas L. Mills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0533-7991)
- Leslee J. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-1491)
- Michelle C. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3556-2428)
- Damini Dey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-6970)
- Ahmed Tawakol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-5483)
- Jonathan Richard Weir-McCall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-842X)
- Jacek Kwieciński (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8202-6359)
- Colin Berry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-8636)
- Marc R. Dweck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9847-5917)
- Edwin J.R. van Beek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2777-5071)
- David E. Newby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-4628)
- Daniel S. Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-7535)
- Piotr J. Slomka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6110-938X)
- Jian Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1694-7763)
- Edward D Nicol
- Ryan Wereski
Institutions
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Royal Papworth Hospital (GB)
- Gordon Center for Medical Imaging (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Cambridge School (PT)
- Mount Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Royal Brompton Hospital (GB)
- Institute of Cardiology (PL)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf121
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.05
Funders
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Wellcome Trust
- Scottish Government
- British Heart Foundation
- Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- Medical Research Council