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    Attained Educational Level and Incident Atherothrombotic Events in Low- and Middle-Income Compared With High-Income Countries
    (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2010) Goyal, Abhinav; Bhatt, Deepak L.; Steg, P. Gabriel; Gersh, Bernard J.; Alberts, Mark J.; Ohman, E. Magnus; Corbalan, Ramon; Eagle, Kim A.; Gaxiola, Efrain; Gao, Runlin; Goto, Shinya; D'Agostino, Ralph B.; Califf, Robert M.; Smith, Sidney C., Jr.; Wilson, Peter W. F.; REACH Registry Investigators
    Background-Studies report a protective effect of higher attained educational level (AEL) on cardiovascular outcomes. However, most of these studies have been conducted in high-income countries (HICs) and lack representation from low and middle-income countries (LMICs), which bear >80% of the global burden of cardiovascular disease.