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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Public Health
  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Health

Background:

  • Educational attainment is often overlooked in cardiovascular risk assessment models like SCORE2.
  • Existing evidence suggests a correlation between higher education levels and reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
  • Subclinical Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) detection is crucial for preventive cardiology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between educational status and subclinical ASCVD, using Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring (CACS) as a proxy.
  • To determine if educational status influences cardiovascular risk independently of established risk factors.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the Paracelsus 10,000 cohort (n=40-69 years) who underwent CACS screening.
  • Classification of participants into low, medium, and high educational strata based on the Generalized International Standard Classification of Education.
  • Logistic regression modeling to assess the relationship between educational status and CACS (dichotomized as 0 or >0).

Main Results:

  • Higher educational status was significantly associated with a greater likelihood of having 0 CACS (aOR 0.42; 95% CI 0.26-0.70; p = 0.001).
  • No significant associations were found between educational status and levels of total, HDL, or LDL cholesterol, nor HbA1c.
  • SCORE2 risk scores did not significantly differ across the three educational categories.

Conclusions:

  • Increased educational status is linked to a reduced risk of subclinical ASCVD, as indicated by CACS.
  • This protective effect of education does not appear to be mediated through classical cardiovascular risk factors in this cohort.
  • Educational status warrants consideration for inclusion in cardiovascular risk models to enhance individual risk prediction.