Effect of dietary counselling on educational disparities in cardiometabolic health from childhood to adulthood
Authors' conclusion
Contrary to the study hypothesis, this study suggests no differential effects of the intervention across educational groups.
Study context
- Population
- Participants of the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP), followed from childhood to adulthood; parental education low, average or high at baseline
- Participants
- 839 participants
- Comparison
- Intervention vs Control
- Interventionn = 417
- Controln = 422reference
- Primary endpoint
- Education-by-intervention interactions on trajectories of dietary intakes, adiposity and metabolic regulation, lipid profile and BP
- Follow-up
- Assessed repeatedly over 26 years
Methodological detailseducation-by-intervention interaction analysis, mixed-effects regression models
- Education-by-intervention interaction analysis
- Mixed-effects regression models
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Education-by-intervention interactions on dietary and cardiometabolic trajectories
No consistent education-by-intervention interactions
interaction p-values > 0.05
Further findings
| Outcome | High education | Low education |
|---|---|---|
| Adult cardiometabolic measures by parental education (high vs low) · adulthood | ||
| BMI | 22.5 kg/m² | 24.2 kg/m² |
| HOMA-IR | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| HDL-C | 1.4 mmol/L | 1.3 mmol/L |
Diet by parental education · adolescence and early adulthood
- Higher parental education associated with higher dietary fiber and lower saturated fatty acid intake
Other lipid outcomes and BP by parental education
- No significant associations
Original publication
Effect of dietary counselling on educational disparities in cardiometabolic health from childhood to adulthood. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 15 July 2026. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it