TY - JOUR
T1 - Intelligence in early adulthood and mortality from natural and unnatural causes in middle-aged Danish men
AU - Meincke, Rikke Hodal
AU - Mortensen, Erik Lykke
AU - Avlund, Kirsten
AU - Rosthøj, Susanne
AU - Sørensen, Holger Jelling
AU - Osler, Merete
PY - 2014/2/1
Y1 - 2014/2/1
N2 - High intelligence early in life has consistently been associated with decreased mortality, but the mechanisms are still not fully understood. In this cohort study, we examined the association between intelligence in early adulthood and later mortality from natural and unnatural causes taking birth weight, parental socioeconomic position, participants' own education and body mass index into account.
AB - High intelligence early in life has consistently been associated with decreased mortality, but the mechanisms are still not fully understood. In this cohort study, we examined the association between intelligence in early adulthood and later mortality from natural and unnatural causes taking birth weight, parental socioeconomic position, participants' own education and body mass index into account.
U2 - 10.1136/jech-2013-202637
DO - 10.1136/jech-2013-202637
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24062410
SN - 0143-005X
VL - 68
SP - 130
EP - 136
JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
IS - 2
ER -