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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Open access

English

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

ContributorsStringhini, 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

Published inBMC Public Health, vol. 16, 956

Publication date2016

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

Affiliation Not a UNIGE publication

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