Do ethnic inequalities in multimorbidity reflect ethnic differences in socioeconomic status? The HELIUS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of multimorbidity is likely higher in ethnic minority populations, as most individual diseases are more prevalent in minority groups. However, information is scarce. We examined ethnic inequalities in multimorbidity, and investigated to what extent they reflect differences in socioeconomic status (SES).

Methods

We included Healthy Life in an Urban Setting study participants of Dutch (N = 4582), South-Asian Surinamese (N = 3258), African Surinamese (N = 4267), Ghanaian (N = 2282), Turkish (N = 3879) and Moroccan (N = 4094) origin (aged 18-70 years). Educational level, employment status, income situation and multimorbidity were defined based on questionnaires. We described the prevalence and examined age-adjusted ethnic inequalities in multimorbidity with

SUBMITTER: Verest WJGM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660190 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature