A Novel Methodological Approach to Measure Linear Trends in Health Inequalities: Proof of Concept With Adolescent Smoking in Europe

A Novel Methodological Approach to Measure Linear Trends in Health Inequalities: Proof of Concept With Adolescent Smoking in Europe

Abstract We describe a new method for presenting and interpreting linear trends in health inequalities, and present a proof-of-concept analysis of inequalities in smoking among adolescents in Europe. We estimated the regression line of the assumed linear relationship between smoking prevalence in lo...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of epidemiology 2023-06, Vol.192 (6), p.963-971
Hauptverfasser: Kuipers, Mirte A G, Kang, Kaidi, Dragomir, Anca D, Monshouwer, Karin, Benedetti, Elisa, Lombardi, Gabriele, Luta, George, Kunst, Anton E
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Alcohols
Europe - epidemiology
Female
Girls
Health disparities
Humans
Male
Practice of Epidemiology
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Statistical analysis
Teenagers
Tobacco Smoking - epidemiology
Trends
Youth
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract We describe a new method for presenting and interpreting linear trends in health inequalities, and present a proof-of-concept analysis of inequalities in smoking among adolescents in Europe. We estimated the regression line of the assumed linear relationship between smoking prevalence in low– and high–socioeconomic status (SES) youth over time. Using simulation, we constructed a 95% confidence interval (CI) for the smoking prevalence in low-SES youth for when this would be 0% in high-SES youth, and we calculated the likelihood of eradicating smoking inequality (
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/aje/kwad029