The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)

• Main Authors: Silvia Stringhini (Author), Terrence E. Forrester (Author), Jacob Plange-Rhule (Author), Estelle V. Lambert (Author), Bharathi Viswanathan (Author), Walter Riesen (Author), Wolfgang Korte (Author), Naomi Levitt (Author), Liping Tong (Author), Lara R. Dugas (Author), David Shoham (Author), Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu (Author), Amy Luke (Author), Pascal Bovet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCD-RFs) may differ in populations at different stages of the epidemiological transition. We assessed the social patterning of NCD-RFs in a study including populations with different le...