Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage from childhood to midlife and carotid atherosclerosis.
Long-term exposure to neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage beginning in childhood is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in midlife, independently of achieved socioeconomic position. These findings highlight the importance of cumulative socioeconomic environments across the life course and suggest that behavioural risk factors may partly explain observed neighbourhood-level associations with atherosclerosis.
Authors
- Jaana Pentti
- J Mykkänen
- M Kivimaki
- Jussi Vahtera
- Mika Kähönen
- Terho Lehtimäki
- Ichiro Kawachi
- Juhani S. Koskinen
- Suvi Rovio
- Jorma Viikari
- Olli Raitakari
- Katja Pahkala
- Markus Juonala
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Harvard University (US)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Fimlab (Finland) (FI)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2026.134216
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00