Sex differences in the association between socioeconomic status and untreated hypertension among residents with hypertension in rural Khanh Hoa, Vietnam: a post-hoc analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have examined the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and the proportion of untreated hypertension, but have produced conflicting findings. In addition, no study has been conducted to determine sex differences in the association between SES and untreated hypertension. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine whether the associations between SES and the proportion of untreated hypertension differed by sex in Vietnam.

Methods

This study was conducted using the data of 1189 individuals (558 males and 631 females) who were judged to have hypertension during the baseline survey of a prospective cohort study of 3000 residents aged 40-60 years in the Khánh Hòa Province. A multilevel Poisson regression model with a robust variance estimator wa

SUBMITTER: Yokobori Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10799502 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature