The association between socioeconomic status and subclinical atherosclerosis in a rural Bangladesh population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Bangladesh, CVD accounts for the majority of non-communicable mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of socioeconomic status (SES) on subclinical atherosclerosis measured as carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in a rural Bangladesh population.

Methods

Carotid IMT was measured between 2010 and 2011 in 1022 participants (average age 46, 40% male) randomly selected from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS), a population-based prospective cohort study based in rural Bangladesh. SES was measured as occupation type, land ownership, educational attainment, and television ownership.

Results

Half of the participants received formal education (53%) and under half owned land (48%) and a television (44%). Women were prima

SUBMITTER: Garshick M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605117 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature