Socio-economic patterning of cardiometabolic risk factors in rural and peri-urban India: Andhra Pradesh children and parents study (APCAPS)

Aim To assess the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors by socio-economic position (SEP) in rural and peri-urban Indian population. Subjects and methods Cross-sectional survey of 3,948 adults (1,154 households) from Telangana (2010–2012) was conducted to collect questionnaire-based data, physic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of public health 2015, Vol.23 (3), p.129-136
Hauptverfasser:	Gupta, Vipin, Millett, Christopher, Walia, Gagandeep Kaur, Kinra, Sanjay, Aggarwal, Aastha, Prabhakaran, Poornima, Bhogadi, Santhi, Kumar, Aniket, Gupta, Ruby, Prabhakaran, D., Reddy, K. Srinath, Smith, George Davey, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Krishna, K. V. Radha, Ebrahim, Shah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiovascular disease Economics Epidemiology Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health risks Households Medicine Medicine & Public Health Original Original Article Public Health Risk factors Rural areas Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomics Standard of living Urban areas
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Zusammenfassung:	Aim To assess the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors by socio-economic position (SEP) in rural and peri-urban Indian population. Subjects and methods Cross-sectional survey of 3,948 adults (1,154 households) from Telangana (2010–2012) was conducted to collect questionnaire-based data, physical measurements and fasting blood samples. We compared the prevalence of risk factors and their clustering by SEP adjusting for age using the Mantel Hansel test. Results Men and women with no education had higher prevalence of increased waist circumference (men: 8 vs. 6.4 %, P
ISSN:	2198-1833 1613-2238
DOI:	10.1007/s10389-015-0662-y