The influence of socioeconomic status on the association between unhealthy lifestyle factors and adverse health outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Combinations of lifestyle factors (LFs) and socioeconomic status (SES) are independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and mortality. Less advantaged SES groups may be disproportionately vulnerable to unhealthy LFs but interactions between LFs and SES remain poorly understood. This review aimed to synthesise the available evidence for whether and how SES modifies associations between combinations of LFs and adverse health outcomes.

Methods

Systematic review of studies that examine associations between combinations of >3 LFs (eg.smoking/physical activity/diet) and health outcomes and report data on SES (eg.income/education/poverty-index) influences on associations. Databases (PubMed/EMBASE/CINAHL), references, forward citations, and grey-lit

SUBMITTER: Foster HME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10964004 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature