Socioeconomic Position, Cognitive Function, and Clustering of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adolescence: Findings From the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and Its Outcomes
Debbie A. Lawlor, PhD,
Michael J. OCallaghan, MD,
Abdullah A. Mamun, PhD,
Gail M. Williams, PhD,
William Bor, PhD and
Jake M. Najman, PhD
From the Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, U.K. (D.A.L.); Child Development and Rehabilitation Services, Mater Childrens Hospital, Brisbane, Australia (M.J.O., W.B.); the School of Population Health, University of Queensland Medical School, Brisbane, Australia (A.A.M., G.M.W., J.M.N.); and the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (J.M.N.).

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Figure 1. Ratio of observed-to-expected prevalence of adolescents with different numbers of risk factors for all participants and by sex. All graphs have same scale on Y axis for comparison. The dashed horizontal line on each graph shows the null (1.0) value of no difference between observed and expected.
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Figure 2. Ratio of observed-to-expected prevalence of adolescents with different numbers of risk factors by family income. All graphs have same scale on Y axis for comparison. The dashed horizontal line on each graph shows the null (1.0) value of no difference between observed and expected.
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Figure 3. Ratio of observed-to-expected prevalence of adolescents with different numbers of risk factors by different measures of cognitive function at age 14. All graphs have same scale on Y axis for comparison. The dashed horizontal line on each graph shows the null (1.0) value of no difference between observed and expected.
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