Associations of household expenditure and marital status with cardiovascular risk factors in Japanese adults: analysis of nationally representative surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic inequalities in health and social determinants of health are important issues in public health and health policy. We investigated associations of cardiovascular risk factors with household expenditure (as an indicator of socioeconomic status) and marital status in Japan.

Methods

We combined data from 2 nationally representative surveys-the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions and the National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2003-2007-and analyzed sex-specific associations of household expenditure quartiles and marital status with cardiovascular risk factors, including obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes, among 6326 Japanese adults (2664 men and 3662 women) aged 40 to 64 years.

Results

For men, there was no statistically signifi

SUBMITTER: Fukuda Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3700239 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature