Do the socioeconomic and hypertension gradients in rural populations of lowand middle-income countries differ by geographical region? A systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1563-1577

  Busingye, Doreen ^a   Arabshahi, Simin ^a   Subasinghe, Asvini K ^a   Evans, Roger G ^a   Riddell, Michaela A ^a   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational status; Hypertension; Income; Low and middle income countries; Meta analysis; Occupation; Review; Rural; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT SIZE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; POVERTY;

AFRICA; FAR EAST; LATIN AMERICA;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84913598521     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu112     Document Type: Article

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