Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.

<h4>Objectives</h4>We examined the social distribution of a comprehensive range of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in a Swiss population and assessed whether socioeconomic differences varied by age and gender.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were 2960 men and 3343 women aged 3...

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Autores principales: Silvia Stringhini, Brenda Spencer, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Gerard Waeber, Peter Vollenweider, Fred Paccaud, Pascal Bovet
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bdf79d1fe87a4b1d80c1d2e4c1ba76e12021-11-18T08:08:59ZAge and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0049443https://doaj.org/article/bdf79d1fe87a4b1d80c1d2e4c1ba76e12012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23152909/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objectives</h4>We examined the social distribution of a comprehensive range of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in a Swiss population and assessed whether socioeconomic differences varied by age and gender.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were 2960 men and 3343 women aged 35-75 years from a population-based survey conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland (CoLaus study). Educational level was the indicator of socioeconomic status used in this study. Analyses were stratified by gender and age group (35-54 years; 55-75 years).<h4>Results</h4>There were large educational differences in the prevalence of CVRF such as current smoking (Δ = absolute difference in prevalence between highest and lowest educational group:15.1%/12.6% in men/women aged 35-54 years), physical inactivity (Δ = 25.3%/22.7% in men/women aged 35-54 years), overweight and obesity (Δ = 14.6%/14.8% in men/women aged 55-75 years for obesity), hypertension (Δ = 16.7%/11.4% in men/women aged 55-75 years), dyslipidemia (Δ = 2.8%/6.2% in men/women aged 35-54 years for high LDL-cholesterol) and diabetes (Δ = 6.0%/2.6% in men/women aged 55-75 years). Educational inequalities in the distribution of CVRF were larger in women than in men for alcohol consumption, obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia (p<0.05). Relative educational inequalities in CVRF tended to be greater among the younger (35-54 years) than among the older age group (55-75 years), particularly for behavioral CVRF and abdominal obesity among men and for physiological CVRF among women (p<0.05).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Large absolute differences in the prevalence of CVRF according to education categories were observed in this Swiss population. The socioeconomic gradient in CVRF tended to be larger in women and in younger persons.Silvia StringhiniBrenda SpencerPedro Marques-VidalGerard WaeberPeter VollenweiderFred PaccaudPascal BovetPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 11, p e49443 (2012)
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Silvia Stringhini
Brenda Spencer
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Gerard Waeber
Peter Vollenweider
Fred Paccaud
Pascal Bovet
Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.
description <h4>Objectives</h4>We examined the social distribution of a comprehensive range of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in a Swiss population and assessed whether socioeconomic differences varied by age and gender.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were 2960 men and 3343 women aged 35-75 years from a population-based survey conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland (CoLaus study). Educational level was the indicator of socioeconomic status used in this study. Analyses were stratified by gender and age group (35-54 years; 55-75 years).<h4>Results</h4>There were large educational differences in the prevalence of CVRF such as current smoking (Δ = absolute difference in prevalence between highest and lowest educational group:15.1%/12.6% in men/women aged 35-54 years), physical inactivity (Δ = 25.3%/22.7% in men/women aged 35-54 years), overweight and obesity (Δ = 14.6%/14.8% in men/women aged 55-75 years for obesity), hypertension (Δ = 16.7%/11.4% in men/women aged 55-75 years), dyslipidemia (Δ = 2.8%/6.2% in men/women aged 35-54 years for high LDL-cholesterol) and diabetes (Δ = 6.0%/2.6% in men/women aged 55-75 years). Educational inequalities in the distribution of CVRF were larger in women than in men for alcohol consumption, obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia (p<0.05). Relative educational inequalities in CVRF tended to be greater among the younger (35-54 years) than among the older age group (55-75 years), particularly for behavioral CVRF and abdominal obesity among men and for physiological CVRF among women (p<0.05).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Large absolute differences in the prevalence of CVRF according to education categories were observed in this Swiss population. The socioeconomic gradient in CVRF tended to be larger in women and in younger persons.
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author Silvia Stringhini
Brenda Spencer
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Gerard Waeber
Peter Vollenweider
Fred Paccaud
Pascal Bovet
author_facet Silvia Stringhini
Brenda Spencer
Pedro Marques-Vidal
Gerard Waeber
Peter Vollenweider
Fred Paccaud
Pascal Bovet
author_sort Silvia Stringhini
title Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.
title_short Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.
title_full Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.
title_fullStr Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.
title_full_unstemmed Age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in Switzerland: the CoLaus study.
title_sort age and gender differences in the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors in switzerland: the colaus study.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2012
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