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Education, household wealth and blood pressure in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine: findings from the Demographic Health Surveys, 2005-2009.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While socioeconomic gradients in cardiovascular disease have been well established in high-income countries, this relationship is not well understood in middle-income countries.

Methods

Data from Demographic Health Surveys collected in Albania (2008-09), Armenia (2005), Azerbaijan (2006) and Ukraine (2007) were used to estimate age-adjusted differences in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP), hypertension (HTN), elevated blood pressure, and optimal blood pressure across a standardized wealth index, level of educational attainment, and urban versus rural residence.

Results

The wealthiest Albanian females had lower average SBP, DBP, PP (all p<0.01) and HTN status (odds ratio [OR]=0.3, CI: 0.2-0.5, p<0.001) compared to the poorest; similar education gradients were also found. Such disparities also existed for Albanian men. Among Armenian women, urban (OR=1.4, 1.1-1.8, p<0.01), more educated (OR=0.7, CI: 0.6-0.9, p<0.01), and wealthier (OR=1.8, 1.4-2.4, p<0.001) women were more likely to have optimal blood pressure. Urban Armenian men were also more likely to have optimal blood pressure (OR=1.8, 1.2-2.9, p<0.01). Wealthier and urban Azerbaijani had lower risk of elevated blood pressure and Azerbaijani women displayed strong wealth gradients with higher quintiles of wealth associated with lower continuous blood pressure measures. There were no socioeconomic gradients for Ukrainian males or females.

Conclusions

There is compelling evidence that wealth and education gradients affect the probability of HTN for women in Albania, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, and for men in Albania.

SUBMITTER: Harhay MO

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3638237 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Education, household wealth and blood pressure in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine: findings from the Demographic Health Surveys, 2005-2009.

Harhay Michael O MO Harhay Jason S JS Nair Meera M MM

European journal of internal medicine 20121214 2

<h4>Background</h4>While socioeconomic gradients in cardiovascular disease have been well established in high-income countries, this relationship is not well understood in middle-income countries.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from Demographic Health Surveys collected in Albania (2008-09), Armenia (2005), Azerbaijan (2006) and Ukraine (2007) were used to estimate age-adjusted differences in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP), hypertension (HTN), elevated blo ...[more]

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