Journal article
Social disadvantage and cardiovascular disease: development of an index and analysis of age, sex, and ethnicity effects
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Social disadvantage is defined by adverse socio-economic characteristics and is distributed unequally by age, sex, and ethnicity. We studied the relationship between social disadvantage, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among men and women from diverse ethno-racial backgrounds.
METHODS: A total of 1227 men and women of South Asian, Chinese, Aboriginal, and European ancestry were randomly selected from …
Authors
Anand SS; Razak F; Davis AD; Jacobs R; Vuksan V; Teo K; Yusuf S
Journal
International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 1239–1245
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
October 1, 2006
DOI
10.1093/ije/dyl163
ISSN
0300-5771