Socioeconomic Gradients and Distribution of Diabetes, Hypertension, and Obesity in India.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiovascular disease and risk factors represent a major and increasing burden of death and disability in India, although socioeconomic aspects have been debated in recent years.

Objective

To conduct a comprehensive equity analysis of the socioeconomic gradients and distribution of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity in India using the latest national data set.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study of data originating from the fourth Indian National Family Health Survey collected from January 20, 2015, to December 4, 2016. The study population was based on a nationally representative cross-sectional sample of women aged 15 to 49 years and men aged 15 to 54 years in India, with a response rate of 97% and 92% among eligible women and men, r

SUBMITTER: Corsi DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450330 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature