Differentials in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diabetes by Socioeconomic Status and Sex in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.

Gamlath, L; Nandasena, S; Hennadige Padmal de Silva, S; Linhart, C; Ngo, A; Morrell, S; Nathan, S; Sharpe, A; Taylor, R

Differentials in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diabetes by Socioeconomic Status and Sex in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.

Gamlath, L Nandasena, S Hennadige Padmal de Silva, S Linhart, C Ngo, A Morrell, S Nathan, S Sharpe, A

Taylor, R

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Citation:: Asia-Pacific journal of public health, 2017, 29, (5), pp. 401-410
Issue Date:: 2017-07

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dc.contributor.author	Gamlath, L
dc.contributor.author	Nandasena, S
dc.contributor.author	Hennadige Padmal de Silva, S
dc.contributor.author	Linhart, C
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, A
dc.contributor.author	Morrell, S
dc.contributor.author	Nathan, S
dc.contributor.author	Sharpe, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9113-2038
dc.contributor.author	Taylor, R
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-08T05:56:57Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-08T05:56:57Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07
dc.identifier.citation	Asia-Pacific journal of public health, 2017, 29, (5), pp. 401-410
dc.identifier.issn	1010-5395
dc.identifier.issn	1941-2479
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/144552
dc.description.abstract	Since 1950, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has emerged as a leading cause of mortality in Sri Lanka, especially in men. In 2014, a survey in Kalutara to assess CVD and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk factors in adults aged 25 to 64 years (n = 1011), and associations with sex and socioeconomic status (SES), found similar CVD risk factors in both sexes, except for daily tobacco smoking at 19% in men and nil in women, and higher body mass index (BMI) in women than men. With increasing SES in men, there were significant linear increases in mean BMI, waist circumference, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean fasting plasma glucose, and T2DM prevalence, but decreases in tobacco smoking. Whereas in women higher SES was associated with a significant increase in mean BMI, but a significant decrease in hypertension prevalence. Tobacco smoking is the main risk factor explaining higher CVD mortality in men compared with women.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
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dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Cardiovascular Diseases
dc.subject.mesh	Hypertension
dc.subject.mesh	Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
dc.subject.mesh	Body Mass Index
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Smoking
dc.subject.mesh	Sex Distribution
dc.subject.mesh	Social Class
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Sri Lanka
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Health Status Disparities
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Body Mass Index
dc.subject.mesh	Cardiovascular Diseases
dc.subject.mesh	Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
dc.subject.mesh	Female
dc.subject.mesh	Health Status Disparities
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Hypertension
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Risk Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Sex Distribution
dc.subject.mesh	Smoking
dc.subject.mesh	Social Class
dc.subject.mesh	Sri Lanka
dc.title	Differentials in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diabetes by Socioeconomic Status and Sex in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Since 1950, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has emerged as a leading cause of mortality in Sri Lanka, especially in men. In 2014, a survey in Kalutara to assess CVD and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk factors in adults aged 25 to 64 years (n = 1011), and associations with sex and socioeconomic status (SES), found similar CVD risk factors in both sexes, except for daily tobacco smoking at 19% in men and nil in women, and higher body mass index (BMI) in women than men. With increasing SES in men, there were significant linear increases in mean BMI, waist circumference, mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean fasting plasma glucose, and T2DM prevalence, but decreases in tobacco smoking. Whereas in women higher SES was associated with a significant increase in mean BMI, but a significant decrease in hypertension prevalence. Tobacco smoking is the main risk factor explaining higher CVD mortality in men compared with women.

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