| Socio-economic status and cardiovascular risk factors in rural and urban areas of Vellore, Tamilnadu, South India. | |
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PMID: 22366083 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: We examined associations between socio-economic status (SES) indicators and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among urban and rural South Indians. METHODS: Data from a population-based birth cohort of 2218 men and women aged 26-32 years from Vellore, Tamilnadu were used. SES indicators included a household possessions score, attained education and paternal education. CVD risk factors included obesity, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes, plasma total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein (HDL) ratio and triglyceride levels and consumption of tobacco and alcohol. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess associations between SES indicators and risk factors. RESULTS: Most risk factors were positively associated with possessions score in urban and rural men and women, except for tobacco use, which was negatively associated. Trends were similar with the participants' own education and paternal education, though weaker and less consistent. In a concurrent analysis of all the three SES indicators, adjusted for gender and urban/rural residence, independent associations were observed only for the possessions score. Compared with those in the lowest fifth of the score, participants in the highest fifth had a higher risk of abdominal obesity [odds ratio (OR) =6.4, 95% CI 3.4-11.6], high total cholesterol to HDL ratio (OR=2.4, 95% CI 1.6-3.5) and glucose intolerance (OR=2.8, 95% CI 1.9-4.1). Their tobacco use (OR=0.4, 95% CI 0.2-0.6) was lower. Except for hypertension and glucose intolerance, risk factors were higher in urban than rural participants independently of SES. CONCLUSION: In this young cohort of rural and urban south Indians, higher SES was associated with a more adverse CVD risk factor profile but lower tobacco use. |
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Authors:
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Prasanna Samuel; Belavendra Antonisamy; Palani Raghupathy; Joseph Richard; Caroline H D Fall |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-02-24 |
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Title: International journal of epidemiology Volume: 41 ISSN: 1464-3685 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Epidemiol Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-09 Completed Date: 2013-03-05 Revised Date: 2013-04-01 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7802871 Medline TA: Int J Epidemiol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1315-27 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India. |
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Adult Alcohol Drinking / epidemiology Blood Pressure Body Weights and Measures Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology* Female Glucose Intolerance / epidemiology Health Behavior Health Status Humans India / epidemiology Lipids / blood Male Rural Population / statistics & numerical data* Smoking / epidemiology Socioeconomic Factors Sociology, Medical Urban Population / statistics & numerical data* |
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059609//Wellcome Trust; RG\98001//British Heart Foundation |
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