TY - JOUR T1 - Socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease risk JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 1075 LP - 1075 DO - 10.1136/hrt.2008.143313 VL - 94 IS - 8 AU - J Mieczkowska AU - J Mosiewicz Y1 - 2008/08/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/94/8/1075.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor: We congratulate Dr A Steptoe and associates on their extensive epidemiological research concerning cardiovascular risk and its association with pathogen burden depending on socioeconomic status.1 Since the middle of the 20th century, cardiovascular risk in the populations of Europe and the United States has shown a reverse dependence on economic and professional status. Many researchers, including the authors of this study, have attempted to find … ER -