http://ije.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/2/275

Measures of low socioeconomic position have been associated with increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) among women. A more complete understanding of this association is gained when socioeconomic position is conceptualized from a life course perspective where socioeconomic position is measured both in early and later life. Their were examined various life course socioeconomic indicators in relation to CHD risk among women. Both early and later exposures to socioeconomic disadvantage were associated with increased CHD risk in women. Later life exposure seems to be more harmful for women's cardiovascular health than early life exposure to socioeconomic disadvantage. However, being exposed to socioeconomic disadvantage in both early and later life magnified the risk for CHD in women.(Au)(Sign-in/subscription is necessary for full-text)