A cross-sectional study of socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease risk among participants in the prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 900-906

  Egbujie, Bonaventure Amandi ^a   Igumbor, Ehimario Uche ^a   Puoane, Thandi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort studiesz; Non communicable diseases; Prevalence; Risk factors; Rural; Socioeconomic indicators; South Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICAN; TOBACCO USE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84984871003     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i9.10456     Document Type: Article

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