Gebreab, Samson Y.; Diez-Roux, Ana V.; Hickson, DeMarc A.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 9, pp. 1697-1707
It is often hypothesized that psychosocial stress may contribute to associations of socioeconomic position (SEP) with … and lower levels of stress. Higher stress levels were also weakly, albeit positively, associated with hypertension …, diabetes, and obesity, but not with plaque. Adjustment for the stress measures reduced the associations of income with …
