Social class and coronary disease in a rural population of north India: The Indian Social Class and Heart Survey

199765 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Ram B. Singh · Queen Mary Hospital

J.P. Sharma · Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

V Rastogi · Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College & Research Centre

Mohammad A. Niaz · Queen Mary Hospital

Saraswati Ghosh · Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College & Research Centre

R Beegom · Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Edward Janus

Abstract

Subjects in social classes 1 and 2 in rural North India have a higher prevalence of coronary artery disease and of the coronary risk factors hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, higher body mass index and sedentary lifestyle. The overall prevalence of coronary artery disease was 3.3%.

Topics & Keywords

Health disparities and outcomes Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Climate Change and Health Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: European Heart Journal

Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 588-595

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a015301

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.31