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Inequalities in urban communities and how different social determinants impact on high blood pressure prevalence?

I am doing a thesis investigating different social determinants on the increase trend in hypertension prevalence, the impact of those possible social determinants and the inequality in urban society.
May 18, 2012

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  • Mario Bracco · Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Hi Tamara

    There is a very recent publication in The Lancet about a huge study carried out in Scotland, showing that multimorbidity of chronic diseases affect most deprived people earlier (~10-15y) than most affluent ones. This is an example that social determinants increase the prevalence of chronic diseases differently among different soioeconomic strata. Despite the authors do not include hypertension especifically, prevalences of coronary heart disease and stroke are pointed out.
    Barnett et al. Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a croos sectional study. The Lancet published May 10th, 2012 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60240-2
    Jun 6, 2012
  • Tamara Anton · University of Essex
    Thank you Mario for the enlightenment, i will read the article it shall be useful for my research. please keep me post of anything you find relevant,, Manythanks
    Jun 6, 2012

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