Comparison of social gradient in cardiometabolic health in Czechia and Venezuela: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study compared the relationships of social determinants with cardiometabolic risk in different socioeconomic contexts: sociopolitically unstable Venezuela (VE) and stable Czechia (CZ).

Design

cross-sectional analysis involving two population-based studies.

Setting

Brno, Czechia and 23 cities of Venezuela.

Participants

25-64 years old subjects from CZ (2013-2014, n=1579, 56% females) and VE (2014-2017, n=1652, 70% females).

Main outcome measures

The composite cardiometabolic risk score (CMRS) (scaled 0-8) was calculated using eight biomarkers (body mass index, waist circumference, blood glucose, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, total and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides). Social characteristics included education i

SUBMITTER: Bartoskova Polcrova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030916 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature