Contribution of Early and Adult Factors to Socioeconomic Variation in Blood Pressure: Thirty-FourYear Follow-up Study of School Children
Mika Kivimäki, PhD,
Marja-Liisa Kinnunen, MD,
Tuuli Pitkänen, MA,
Jussi Vahtera, MD, PhD,
Marko Elovainio, PhD and
Lea Pulkkinen, PhD
From the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (M.K., M.E.); the University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland (M.-L.K., T.P., L.P.); and the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland (M.K., J.V.).

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Fig. 1. Structural equation models of the relationship between educational attainment and adult systolic blood pressure (N= 184). Model 1 represents this relationship before incorporating explanatory factors. Model 2 includes explanatory factors. (Solid lines refer to significant paths (p< .05) and dashed lines refer to nonsignificant paths.)
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