Measures of socioeconomic position are not consistently associated with ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease in Scotland: methods from the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS) | Zendy

Colin Fischbacher | Zendy; Geneviève Cézard | Zendy; Raj B | Zendy; Jamie Pearce | Zendy; Narinder Bansal | Zendy

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Measures of socioeconomic position are not consistently associated with ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease in Scotland: methods from the Scottish Health and Ethnicity Linkage Study (SHELS)

Author(s) -

Colin Fischbacher,

Geneviève Cézard,

Raj B,

Jamie Pearce,

Narinder Bansal

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt237

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , ethnic group , demography , confounding , medicine , disease , epidemiology , gerontology , environmental health , population , sociology , anthropology

Ethnic health inequalities are substantial. One explanation relates to socioeconomic differences between groups. However, socioeconomic variables need to be comparable across ethnic groups as measures of socioeconomic position (SEP) and indicators of health outcomes.

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