title: Association of educational status with cardiovascular disease: Teheran Lipid and Glucose Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between educational level and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in an older Iranian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  To estimate the odds ratio (OR) of educational level in a cross-sectional study, logistic regression analysis was used on 1,788 men and 2,204 women (222 men and 204 women positive based on their CVD status) aged ≥ 45 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In men, educational levels of college degree and literacy level below diploma were inversely associated with CVD in the multivariate model [0.52 (0.28-0.94), 0.61 (0.40-0.92), respectively], but diploma level did not show any significant association with CVD, neither in the crude model nor in the multivariate model. In women, increase in educational level was inversely associated with risk of CVD in the crude model, but in the multivariate adjusted model, literacy level below diploma decreased risk of CVD by 39%, compared with illiteracy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings support those of developed countries that, along with other CVD risk factors, educational status has an inverse association with CVD among a representative Iranian population of older men and women.
authors.affiliation: Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 19395-4763, Yaman Street, Velenjak, Tehran, Iran. fsheikholeslami@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hajsheikholeslami
authors.forename: Masumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatami
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hadaegh
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghanbarian
authors.forename: Fereidoun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azizi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol