Social and spatial inequalities in allostatic load among adults in China: a multilevel longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate potential geographical and socioeconomic patterning of allostatic load (AL) in China.

Design

Multilevel longitudinal study of the 2010 Chronic Disease Risk Factor Surveillance linked to the National Death Surveillance up to 31 December 2015.

Setting

All 31 provinces in China, not including Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan.

Participants

96 466 ≥ 18 years old (women=54.3%).

Exposures

Person-level educational attainment and mean years of education in counties.

Outcome

AL was measured using clinical guidelines for nine biomarkers: body mass index; waist circumference; systolic blood pressure; diastolic blood pressure; fasting blood glucose; total cholesterol; triglycerides; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; low-density lipoprot

SUBMITTER: Mao F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924714 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature