The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)

Stringhini, Silvia; Forrester, Terrence E; Plange-Rhule, Jacob; Lambert, Estelle V; Viswanathan, Bharathi; Riesen, Walter; Korte, Wolfgang; Levitt, Naomi; Tong, Liping; Dugas, Lara R; Shoham, David; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A; Luke, Amy; Bovet, Pascal

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3589-5

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Title		The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)
Authors		Stringhini, Silvia Forrester, Terrence E Plange-Rhule, Jacob Lambert, Estelle V Viswanathan, Bharathi Riesen, Walter Korte, Wolfgang Levitt, Naomi Tong, Liping Dugas, Lara R Shoham, David Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A Luke, Amy Bovet, Pascal show all authors [1 - 14]
Published in		BMC public health. 2016, vol. 16, 956
Abstract		Associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCD-RFs) may differ in populations at different stages of the epidemiological transition. We assessed the social patterning of NCD-RFs in a study including populations with different levels of socioeconomic development.
Keywords		Adult — Blood Pressure — Cholesterol/blood — Chronic Disease/epidemiology — Developing Countries/statistics & numerical data — Epidemiologic Studies — Exercise — Female — Humans — Hypertension/epidemiology — Male — Middle Aged — Obesity/epidemiology — Prevalence — Risk Factors — Rural Population — Smoking/epidemiology — Social Class — Socioeconomic Factors — United States/epidemiology
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3589-5 PMID: 27612934
Full text		Article (Published version) (862 Kb) - Free access Other version: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5017030/
Citation (ISO format)		STRINGHINI, Silvia et al. The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS). In: BMC Public Health, 2016, vol. 16, p. 956. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3589-5 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:157197