Education differences in cardiometabolic risk in England, Scotland and the United States between 1992 and 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Education differences in cardiometabolic risk and disease still play a major role in the magnitude of the socioeconomic health disparities in high-income societies. However, the knowledge on how education differences may have changed over time regarding the distribution of multiple risk factors is rather limited. This study aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of those differences in three high-income countries.

Methods

Data from repeated cross-sectional population health and examination surveys conducted between 1992 and 2019 in England, Scotland and the United States are analysed (pooled sample size [Formula: see text]). Six cardiometabolic risk factors, namely, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body-mass-index, glycated haemoglobin H

SUBMITTER: Montano D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161563 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature