Physical activity patterns and correlates among adults from a developing country: the Sri Lanka Diabetes and Cardiovascular Study

P Katulanda, R Jayawardana, P Ranasinghe… - Public health …, 2013 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo evaluate patterns of physical activity (PA), the prevalence of physical inactivity
and the relationships between PA and sociodemographic, clinical and biochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Illiteracy, low educational status, and cardiovascular mortality in India

MS Pednekar, R Gupta, PC Gupta - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Influence of education, a marker of SES, on cardiovascular disease (CVD)
mortality has not been evaluated in low-income countries. To determine influence of …

The contribution of lifestyle and work factors to social inequalities in self-rated health among the employed population in Switzerland

O Hämmig, F Gutzwiller, I Kawachi - Social Science & Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
We sought to examine the joint and independent contributions of working conditions and
health-related behaviours in explaining social gradients in self-rated health (SRH) …

[HTML][HTML] Changing educational inequalities in sporting inactivity among adults in Germany: a trend study from 2003 to 2012

J Hoebel, JD Finger, B Kuntz, LE Kroll, K Manz… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Social inequalities in health can be explained in part by the social patterning of
leisure-time physical activity, such as non-participation in sports. This study is the first to …

Predicting healthy lifestyle patterns among retirement age older adults in the WELL study: a latent class analysis of sex differences

M Södergren, WC Wang, J Salmon, K Ball, D Crawford… - Maturitas, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of this study was to identify subgroups of retirement age older adults with
respect to their lifestyle patterns of eating, drinking, smoking, physical activity and TV …

Inequalities in cardiovascular disease mortality: the role of behavioural, physiological and social risk factors

A Beauchamp, A Peeters, R Wolfe, G Turrell… - … of Epidemiology & …, 2010 - jech.bmj.com
Background While the relationship between socio-economic disadvantage and
cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well established, the role that traditional cardiovascular risk …

The contribution of material, psychosocial, and behavioral factors in explaining educational and occupational mortality inequalities in a nationally representative …

YH Khang, JW Lynch, S Yang, S Harper, SC Yun… - Social science & …, 2009 - Elsevier
The contributions of material, psychosocial, and behavioral factors in explaining
socioeconomic inequalities in health have been explored in many Western studies. Most …

Health behavior vs the stress of low socioeconomic status and health outcomes

JR Dunn - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
SINCE THE LATE 1970S AND EARLY 1980S, A FUNDA-mental question surrounding the
relationship be-tween socioeconomic factors and health status has been: How much of …

Association between educational level and vegetable use in nine European countries

R Prättälä, S Hakala, AJR Roskam, E Roos… - Public health …, 2009 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe relationship of socio-economic status and vegetable consumption is examined
in nine European countries. The aim is to analyse whether the pattern of socio-economic …

Education, marital status, and risk of hip fractures in older men and women: the CHANCES project

V Benetou, P Orfanos, D Feskanich… - Osteoporosis …, 2015 - Springer
The role of socioeconomic status in hip fracture incidence is unclear. In a diverse population
of elderly, higher education was found to be associated with lower, whereas living alone …