Socioeconomic class as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases;Soziale schicht als kardiovaskulärer risikofaktor

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 591-595

  Meier, Christiane ^a   Ackermann Liebrich, U ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLASSIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; THE REGISTRAR GENERAL SOCIAL CLASS CLASSIFICATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25144447283     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.62.9.591     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. Antonovsky A. Social class and the major cardiovascular diseases. J chronic Dis 1968; 21: p. 65-106.
2. Pocock SJ, et al. Social class differences in ischaemic heart disease in British men. Lancet 1987; 330: p. 197-201.
3. Jacobsen BK, Thelle DS. Risk factors in coronary heart disease and level of education: The Tromso Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol 1988; 127: p. 923-32.
4. Marmot MG, Theorell T. Social class and cardiovascular disease: the contribution of work. Int J Health Serv 1988; 18: p. 659-71.
5. Helmert U, et al. Social class and risk factors for coronary heart disease in the Federal Republik of Germany. Result of the baseline survey of the German Cardiovascular Prevention Study (GCP). J Epidemiol Comm Health 1989; 43: p. 37-42.
6. Minder CE, Beer V, Rehmann R. Sterblichkeitsunterschiede nach sozio-ökonomischen Gruppen in der Schweiz 1980: 15- bis 74-jährige Männer. Soz Präventivmed 1986; 31: p. 216-9.
7. Minder CE. Socio-economic factors and mortality in Switzerland. Soz Praventivmed 1993; 38: p. 313-28.
8. Patrick DL, Scambler G. Sociology - as applied to medicine. Concise Medical Textbooks. London: Baillière Tindall, 1982.
9. Avendano M, et al. Trends in socioeconomic disparities in stroke mortality in six european countries between 1981-1985 and 1991-1995. Am J Epidemiol 2005; 161 (1): p. 52-61.
10. Helmert U, et al. Relationship of social class characteristics and risk factors for coronary heart disease in West Germany. Public Health 1990; 104: p. 399-416.
11. Helmert U, Mielck A, Classen E. Social inequities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in East and West Germany. Soc Sci Med 1992; 35 (10): p. 1283-92.
12. Classen E. Soziale Schicht und koronare Risikofaktoren in Deutschland-Ost und -West, in Krankheiten und soziale Ungleichheit, Mielck A Editor. Oplade: Leske und Budrich, 1994.
13. Marmot MG, et al. Contribution of job control and other risk factors to social variations in coronary heart disease incidence. Lancet 1997; 350 (9073): p. 235-9.
14. Helmert U, et al. Soziale Ungleichheit bei Herzinfarkt und Schlaganfall in West-Deutschland. Soz Präventivmed 1993; 38: p. 123-32.