Geographic and area-level socioeconomic variation in cardiometabolic risk factor distribution: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A growing number of publications report variation in the distribution of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) at different geographic scales. A review of these variations may help inform policy and health service organisation.

Aim

To review studies reporting variation in the geographic distribution of CMRFs and its association with various proxy measures of area-level socioeconomic disadvantage (ASED) among the adult ( ≥ 18 years) population across the world.

Methods

A systematic search for published articles was conducted in four databases (MEDLINE (Ovid), PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) considering the interdisciplinary nature of the review question. Population-based cross-sectional and cohort studies on geographic variations of one or more biologica

SUBMITTER: Toms R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323718 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature