Socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk in urban South Asia: The CARRS Study

Ali, M K and Bhaskarapillai, B and Shivashankar, R and Mohan, D and Fatmi, Z A and Pradeepa, R and Masood Kadir, M and Mohan, V and Tandon, N and Venkat Narayan, K M and Prabhakaran, D (2016) Socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk in urban South Asia: The CARRS Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 23 (4). p. 408. ISSN 2047-4873

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Abstract

Background: Although South Asians experience cardiovascular disease (CVD) and risk factors at an early age, the distribution of CVD risks across the socioeconomic spectrum remains unclear. Methods:We analysed the 2011 Centre for Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia survey data including 16,288 non-pregnant adults (20 years) that are representative of Chennai and Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan. Socioeconomic status (SES) was defined by highest education (primary schooling, high/secondary schooling, college graduate or greater); wealth tertiles (low, middle, high household assets) and occupation (not working outside home, semi/unskilled, skilled, white-collar work). We estimated age and sex-standardized prevalence of behavioural (daily fruit/vegetables; tobacco use), weight (body mass index; waist-to-height ratio) and metabolic risk factors (diabetes, hypertension,hypercholesterolaemia; hypo-HDL; and hypertriglyceridaemia) by each SES category. Results: Across cities, 61.2% and 16.1% completed secondary and college educations, respectively; 52.8% reported not working, 22.9% were unskilled; 21.3% were skilled and 3.1% were white-collar workers. For behavioural risk factors, low fruit/vegetable intake, smoked and smokeless tobacco use were more prevalent in lowest education, wealthy and occupation (for men only) groups compared to higher SES counterparts, while weight-related risks (body mass index 25.0–29.9 and 30 kg/m2; waist-to-height ratio 0.5) were more common in higher educated and wealthy groups, and technical/professional men. For metabolic risks, a higher prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemias was observed in more educated and affluent groups, with unclear patterns across occupation groups. Conclusions: SES-CVD patterns are heterogeneous, suggesting customized interventions for different SES groups may be warranted. Different behavioural, weight, and metabolic risk factor prevalence patterns across SES indicators may signal on-going epidemiological transition in South Asia.

Item Type:Article
Official URL/DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487315580891
Uncontrolled Keywords:Cardiovascular risk factors, South Asians, socioeconomic status, global cardiovascular health
Subjects:Diabetology > Cardiovascular Diabetology
Diabetes
Divisions:Department of Epidemiology
Department of Diabetology
ID Code:984
Deposited By:surendar radha
Deposited On:24 May 2016 14:41
Last Modified:24 May 2016 14:41

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