Gender differences in the association of individual and contextual socioeconomic status with hypertension in 230 Latin American cities from the SALURBAL study: a multilevel analysis

• Main Authors: Débora Moraes Coelho (Author), Amanda Cristina de Souza Andrade (Author), Uriel Moreira Silva (Author), Mariana Lazo (Author), S. Claire Slesinski (Author), Alex Quistberg (Author), Ana V. Diez-Roux (Author), Amélia Augusta de Lima Friche (Author), Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite global interest in gender disparities and social determinants of hypertension, research in urban areas and regions with a high prevalence of hypertension, such as Latin America, is very limited. The objective of this study was to examine associations of individual- and ar...