Association between educational level and total and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of over 694 000 individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium

ObjectiveTo study the association of educational level and risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer among Asian populations.DesignA pooled analysis of 15 population-based cohort studies.Setting and participants694 434 Asian individuals from 15 prospective cohorts within...

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Main Authors: Renwei Wang, Jian-Min Yuan, Yasutake Tomata, Daehee Kang, Chisato Nagata, Mangesh S Pednekar, Keming Yang, Eiko Saito, Md Shafiur Rahman, Prakash Chandra Gupta, Akiko Tamakoshi, Yu-Tang Gao, Woon-Puay Koh, Xiao-Ou Shu, Atsuko Sadakane, San-Lin You, Myung-Hee Shin, Wen-Harn Pan, Hui Cai, Yong-Bing Xiang, Kotaro Ozasa, Seiki Kanemura, Keiko Wada, Yoon-Ok Ahn, Keun-Young Yoo, Habibul Ahsan, Kee Seng Chia, Manami Inoue, Hongmei Nan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e026225.full