Background Combinations of lifestyle factors interact to increase mortality. Combinations of
traditional factors such as smoking and alcohol are well described, but the additional effects …

Objective To examine whether overall lifestyles mediate associations of socioeconomic
status (SES) with mortality and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the extent of …

Background: The UK Biobank (UKB) has been used widely to examine associations
between lifestyle risk factors and mortality outcomes. It is unknown whether the extremely …

Abstract Background The Commission on Social Determinants of Health has urged
governments across the world to promote health equity by reducing the gap between the …

Background In 2011, WHO member states signed up to the 25× 25 initiative, a plan to cut
mortality due to non-communicable diseases by 25% by 2025. However, socioeconomic …

Background Lifestyle risk behaviours are responsible for a large proportion of disease
burden and premature mortality worldwide. Risk behaviours tend to cluster in populations …

Background Socioeconomic disadvantage is a risk factor for many diseases. We
characterised cascades of these conditions by using a data-driven approach to examine the …

Background Behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are socially
patterned. However, the direction and the extent to which socioeconomic status (SES) …

Background There is overwhelming evidence that behavioural factors influence health, but
their combined impact on the general population is less well documented. We aimed to …

Background Global estimates of the effect of common modifiable risk factors on
cardiovascular disease and mortality are largely based on data from separate studies, using …