Prevention & lipidsSecondary analysis
Effect of dietary counselling on educational disparities in cardiometabolic health from childhood to adulthood
- Secondary analysis of the STRIP randomised trial
- education-by-intervention interaction analysis
- mixed-effects regression models
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
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:10.1093/eurjpc/zwag355
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it