Association between subjective social status and cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Tang, Karen L ^a   Rashid, Ruksana ^b   Godley, Jenny ^b,c   Ghali, William A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84962321130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010137     Document Type: Review

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