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- Title
Health behaviours, socioeconomic status, and mortality: further analyses of the British Whitehall II and the French GAZEL prospective cohorts.
- Authors
Stringhini, Silvia; Dugravot, Aline; Shipley, Martin; Goldberg, Marcel; Zins, Marie; Kivimäki, Mika; Marmot, Michael; Sabia, Séverine; Singh-Manoux, Archana
- Abstract
Differences in morbidity and mortality between socioeconomic groups constitute one of the most consistent findings of epidemiologic research. However, research on social inequalities in health has yet to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association. In recent analysis, we showed health behaviours, assessed longitudinally over the follow-up, to explain a major proportion of the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with mortality in the British Whitehall II study. However, whether health behaviours are equally important mediators of the SES-mortality association in different cultural settings remains unknown. In the present paper, we examine this issue in Whitehall II and another prospective European cohort, the French GAZEL study.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2011, Vol 8, Issue 2, pe1000419
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1000419