Social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors in women and men by autonomous regions in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe social inequities in cardiovascular risk factors in women and men by autonomous regions in Spain.

Method

We used data from 20,406 individuals aged 18 or older from the 2017 Spanish National Health Survey. We measured socioeconomic position using occupational social class and used data on self-reported cardiovascular risk factors: high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and smoking. We estimated the relative risk of inequality using Poisson regression models. Analyses were stratified by men and women and by region (autonomous communities).

Results

Overall, the relative risk of inequality was 1.02, 1.13, 1.06, 1.17 and 1.09 for high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and current smoking, respectively. Ocuupational social class

SUBMITTER: Gullon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985704 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature