Accumulation of unhealthy behaviors: Marked social inequalities in men and women.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to compare the accumulation of unhealthy behaviors at the bottom of the social scale in men and women and, secondarily, to compare social and gender-based inequalities. Fifty-two general practitioners from the Paris area volunteered to participate. A sample of 70 patients (stratified by gender) aged 40-74 years was randomly chosen from each physician's patient panel and asked to complete a questionnaire about their social position and health behaviors: tobacco and alcohol use, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. Mixed Poisson models were used to describe, with relative risks (RRs) and relative inequality indexes (RIIs), the social inequalities in the accumulation of these four unhealthy behaviors. In 2008-2009, 71% of the 3640 patients returned their qu

SUBMITTER: Thebault JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084013 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature