Differential associations of cardiovascular disease risk factors with relative wealth in urban-dwelling South Africans

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e232-e239

  Peer, N ^a,b   Lombard, C ^c   Steyn, K ^b   Levitt, N ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Biostatistics Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

asset index; black; cardiovascular disease risk factors; socioeconomic status; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84996548574     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv152     Document Type: Article

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