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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...
Association of socioeconomic status with inflammatory markers: A two cohort com...
Fraga, S; Marques-Vidal, P; Vollenweider, P; Guessous, I; Paccaud, F; Barros, HOBJECTIVE: To assess the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and inflammatory markers using two different European population samples. METHODS: We used data from the CoLaus (N=6412, Lausanne, Switzerland) and EPIPorto (N=1205, Porto, Portugal) studies. Education and occupational position were used as indicators of socioeconomic status (SES). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was available ...
Portuguese migrants in Switzerland: healthcare and health status compared to Po...
Alves, L; Azevedo, A; Barros, H; Paccaud, F; Marques-Vidal, PBackground: Most migrant studies have compared health characteristics between migrants and nationals of the host country. We aimed at comparing health characteristics of migrants with nationals from their home country. Methods: Portuguese national health survey (2005-6; 30,173 participants aged 18-75 years) and four national health surveys conducted in Switzerland (2002, 2004, 2007 and 2011, totalling 1,170 Por...