Lifestyle factors as mediators of area-level socio-economic differentials in cardiovascular disease risk factors. The Tromso Study

• Published in: SSM - Population Health
• Main Authors: Tiwari, Sweta, Cerin, Ester, Wilsgaard, Tom, Løvsletten, Ola, Njølstad, Inger, Grimsgaard, Sameline, Hopstock, Laila, Schirmer, Henrik, Rosengren, Annika, Kristoffersen, Kathrin, Loechen, Maja-Lisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
• Subjects: Area level socio-economic status; Cardiovascular disease; Risk factors; Mediation; Norway; Tromso; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/2b5c3a36acfb1813ca541c77a34e4b9f3b20418965e1308f9f654e3a729a11de/732238/OA_Cerin_2022_Lifestyle_factors_as_mediators_of_area-level.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101241

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death and disability and living in areas with low socio-economic status (SES) is associated with increased risk of CVD. Lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical inactivity, an unhealthy diet and harmful alcohol use are main risk fac...