Investigating the role of psychosocial factors: the impact of contextual influences on cardiovascular risk

了解背景特征与心血管疾病(CVD)风险相关的机制对于开发有效和有针对性的干预措施具有重要意义。在三项不同的研究中，我们评估了个人生活或工作的环境与心血管疾病风险之间的联系：(1)通过对心理社会因素的影响是间接的；(2)在普通人群和高风险人群中，这些心理社会因素的作用是不同的。

Understanding the mechanism by which contextual features are associated with risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has implications for the development of efficient and targeted interventions. In three different studies we assess if the link between the context in which individuals live or work and risk for CVD (1) is indirect through effects on psychosocial factors and (2) varies as a function of such psychosocial factors in the general population and in populations at elevated risk.