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Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed ...
Stringhini, S; Carmeli, C; Jokela, M; Avendaño, M; McCrory, C; d'Errico, A; Bochud, M; Barros, H; Costa, G; Chadeau-Hyam, M; Delpierre, C; Gandini, MObjective To assess the association of low socioeconomic status and risk factors for non-communicable diseases (diabetes, high alcohol intake, high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, smoking) with loss of physical functioning at older ages. Design Multi-cohort population based study. Setting 37 cohort studies from 24 countries in Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and Asia, 1990-2017 P...
Socioeconomic indicators in epidemiologic research: A practical example from th...
d'Erico, A; Ricceri, F; Stringhini, S; Carmeli, C; Kivimaki, M; Bartley, M; McCrory, C; Bochud, M; Vollenweider, P; Tumino, R; Goldberg, M; Zins, MBackground: Several social indicators have been used in epidemiological research to describe socioeconomic position (SEP) of people in societies. Among SEP indicators, those more frequently used are education, occupational class and income. Differences in the incidence of several health outcomes have been reported consistently, independently from the indicator employed. Main objectives of the study were to pres...