Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study

Rosengren, Annika; Smyth, Andrew; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Ramasundarahettige, Chinthanie; I. Bangdiwala, Shrikant; F. AlHabib, Khalid; Avezum, Álvaro; Bengtsson Boström, Kristina; Chifamba, Jephat; Güleç, Sadi; Gupta, Rajeev; Igumbor, Ehimario; Iqbal, Romaina; Ismail, Norhassim; Joseph, Philip; Kaur, Manmeet; Khatib, Rasha; M. Kruger, Iolanthé; Lamelas, Pablo; Laņas, Fernando; A. Lear, Scott; Li, Wei; Wang, Chuangshi; Quiang, Deren; Wang, Yang; López‐Jaramillo, Patricio; Mohammadifard, Noushin; Mohan, Viswanathan; Mony, Prem; Poirier, Paul; Srilatha, Sarojiniamma; Szuba, Andrzej; Teo, Koon; Wielgosz, Andreas; Yeates, Karen; Yusoff, Khalid; Yusuf, Rita; H Yusufali, Afzalhusein; Walli-Attaei, Marjan; McKee, Martin; Yusuf, Salim

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30045-2

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Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study

Published in The Lancet Global Health • Apr 23, 2019

Authors:

Annika Rosengren

Andrew Smyth

Sumathy Rangarajan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status is associated with differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease incidence and outcomes, including mortality. However, it is unclear whether the associations between cardiovascular disease and common measures of socioeconomic status-wealth and education-diff...

Subject

Socioeconomic status

Medicine

Disease

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