Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS AqR0x98A. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Aim : To establish whether social differences in multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease are due to a greater strength of association (higher correlation) between risk factors in less advantaged groups. Methods : Co-occurrence of five risk factors (smoking, hypertension, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, obesity, diabetes) in 3614 British 45-year-old men and 3560 women in the manual and non-manual social groups. Results : 4.0% of women in manual groups had>=3 risk factors compared with 1.7% in non-manual groups : 6.2% and 3.4% respectively for men. There was a higher than expected percentage of the population, overall, with>=3 risk factors assuming independence between risk factors ; correspondingly, there was a slightly lower than expected proportion with one factor. However, patterns of observed to expected ratios were consistent in manual and non-manual groups and did not differ by the number of risk factors. Conclusions : Higher prevalence of multiple risk factors in manual groups was due to the higher prevalence of individual factors rather than a greater tendency of those with an individual risk factor to have additional risks. Strategies to reduce multiple risk factors in less advantaged groups would help to lessen their health burden.
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