Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study

• Main Authors: Annika Rosengren, ProfMD (Author), Andrew Smyth, MD (Author), Sumathy Rangarajan, MSc (Author), Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, MSc (Author), Shrikant I Bangdiwala, PhD (Author), Khalid F AlHabib, ProfMD (Author), Alvaro Avezum, ProfMD (Author), Kristina Bengtsson Boström, ProfMD (Author), Jephat Chifamba, ProfDPhil (Author), Sadi Gulec, MD (Author), Rajeev Gupta, ProfPhD (Author), Ehi U Igumbor, PhD (Author), Romaina Iqbal, PhD (Author), Norhassim Ismail, ProfMD (Author), Philip Joseph, MD (Author), Manmeet Kaur, MD (Author), Rasha Khatib, PhD (Author), Iolanthé M Kruger, PhD (Author), Pablo Lamelas, MD (Author), Fernando Lanas, ProfMD (Author), Scott A Lear, ProfPhD (Author), Wei Li, ProfPhD (Author), Chuangshi Wang, MSc (Author), Deren Quiang, MSc (Author), Yang Wang, MSc (Author), Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, ProfMD (Author), Noushin Mohammadifard, PhD (Author), Viswanathan Mohan, ProfMD (Author), Prem K Mony, MD (Author), Paul Poirier, ProfMD (Author), Sarojiniamma Srilatha, MD (Author), Andrzej Szuba, ProfMD (Author), Koon Teo, ProfPhD (Author), Andreas Wielgosz, ProfMD (Author), Karen E Yeates, MD (Author), Khalid Yusoff, ProfMD (Author), Rita Yusuf, ProfPhD (Author), Afzalhusein H Yusufali, MD (Author), Marjan W Attaei, PhD (Author), Martin McKee, ProfDSc (Author), Salim Yusuf, ProfDPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Socioeconomic status is associated with differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease incidence and outcomes, including mortality. However, it is unclear whether the associations between cardiovascular disease and common measures of socioeconomic status-wealth and educa...