BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases are important causes of death, morbidity, and years of potential life lost in most developed countries. AIMS The purpose of this study was to assess trends in knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors among patients five years after coronary angiography and to investigate the impact of educational level on knowledge level. METHODS The study included 1289 of...

BACKGROUND Low educational level is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationships between education and common cardiovascular risk factors in young adults. METHODS Trends in conventional risk factors of young adults aged 21, 24, 27 and 30 years in 1992 (n = 443) were examined across the educational groups as part of ...

Low socioeconomic status is associated with reduced lung function in adults. In addition, there are indications that lung function decline with age is accelerated in low socioeconomic groups, but, to date, findings have been inconclusive. In order to investigate the relation between educational level, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and decline in FEV1 over time, linear mixed-effects mod...

background: determining satisfaction level helps the development and improvement of universities. this study was designed to investigate satisfaction level and prioritize factors affecting students' satisfaction with educational quality in kermanshah university of medical sciences. methods: this is a descriptive-analytical study. the data gathering tool was a researcher made questionnaire ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to describe the body composition of Finnish adults, especially by education, and to investigate whether fat-free mass (FFM) can explain educational gradients relating to body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). METHODS Data for this cross-sectional study were based on data collected in 2000-2001 for the Health 2000 Survey. Of the nationally repre...

Memory complaints are frequent in the elderly but the confirmation of memory decline is challenging. Tests employing the recall of paragraphs or short stories have been proposed for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Objectives To evaluate the influence of educational level on immediate recall of short stories. Methods A sample of 363 individuals (2...