How well does social variation mirror secular change in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a country in transition?

The social and cultural transition among the Inuit in Greenland over the last generations has in ecological studies been linked to changes in cardiovascular risk factors. To permit analyses at the individual level, we propose a categorization of participants in a cross-sectional study according to t...

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Published in:American Journal of Human Biology
Main Authors: Bjerregaard, Peter, Dahl-Petersen, Inger Katrine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/84ac619c-ed49-439d-a8b7-e04ee625bd4d
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.21209
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Summary:The social and cultural transition among the Inuit in Greenland over the last generations has in ecological studies been linked to changes in cardiovascular risk factors. To permit analyses at the individual level, we propose a categorization of participants in a cross-sectional study according to their relative position in the process of social change.