An index of unhealthy lifestyle is associated with coronary heart disease mortality rates for small areas in England after adjustment for deprivation
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01/03/2011
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Indices of socio-economic deprivation are often used as a proxy for differences in the health behaviours of populations within small areas, but these indices are a measure of the economic environment rather than the health environment. Sets of synthetic estimates of the ward-level prevalence of low fruit and vegetable consumption, obesity, raised blood pressure, raised cholesterol and smoking were combined to develop an index of unhealthy lifestyle. Multi-level regression models showed that this index described about 50% of the large-scale geographic variation in CHD mortality rates in England, and substantially adds to the ability of an index of deprivation to explain geographic variations in CHD mortality rates.<br /> |
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eng |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30032732/allender-anindex-2010.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30032732/allender-anindex-proforma-2011.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.007 |
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2010, Elsevier |
Palavras-Chave | #coronary disease #synthetic estimates #deprivation #smoking #fruit and vegetable consumption #obesity #blood pressure #cholesterol #small area analysis |
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Journal Article |