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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Area-level socioeconomic characteristics, prevalence and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk |
Author: | Ngo, A. Paquet, C. Howard, N. Coffee, N. Taylor, A. Adams, R. Daniel, M. |
Citation: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014; 11(1):830-848 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anh D. Ngo, Catherine Paquet, Natasha J. Howard, Neil T. Coffee, Anne W. Taylor, Robert J. Adams, and Mark Daniel |
Abstract: | This study examines the relationships between area-level socioeconomic position (SEP) and the prevalence and trajectories of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the count of its constituents (i.e., disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension). A cohort of 4,056 men and women aged 18+ living in Adelaide, Australia was established in 2000-2003. MetS was ascertained at baseline, four and eight years via clinical examinations. Baseline area-level median household income, percentage of residents with a high school education, and unemployment rate were derived from the 2001 population Census. Three-level random-intercepts logistic and Poisson regression models were performed to estimate the standardized odds ratio (SOR), prevalence risk ratio (SRR), ratio of SORs/SRRs, and (95% confidence interval (CI)). Interaction between area- and individual-level SEP variables was also tested. The odds of having MetS and the count of its constituents increased over time. This increase did not vary according to baseline area-level SEP (ratios of SORs/SRRs ≈ 1; p ≥ 0.42). However, at baseline, after adjustment for individual SEP and health behaviours, median household income (inversely) and unemployment rate (positively) were significantly associated with MetS prevalence (SOR (95%CI) = 0.76 (0.63-0.90), and 1.48 (1.26-1.74), respectively), and the count of its constituents (SRR (95%CI) = 0.96 (0.93-0.99), and 1.06 (1.04-1.09), respectively). The inverse association with area-level education was statistically significant only in participants with less than post high school education (SOR (95%CI) = 0.58 (0.45-0.73), and SRR (95%CI) = 0.91 (0.88-0.94)). Area-level SEP does not predict an elevated trajectory to developing MetS or an elevated count of its constituents. However, at baseline, area-level SEP was inversely associated with prevalence of MetS and the count of its constituents, with the association of area-level education being modified by individual-level education. Population-level interventions for communities defined by area-level socioeconomic disadvantage are needed to reduce cardiometabolic risks. |
Keywords: | metabolic syndrome; trajectories; socioeconomic position; income; education; cohort study; residence characteristics |
Rights: | © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph110100830 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/631917 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570150 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570139 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100830 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medicine publications |
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