Socio-economic status and blood pressure: an overview analysis
Journal of Human HypertensionPublished 1 February 1998
Helen M. Colhoun, Harry Hemingway, N. Poulter
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A major challenge in reducing the SES gradient in BP is to understand and prevent the S ES differences in obesity, which are particularly large in women, and there is little evidence that adverse psycho-social factors associated with low SES cause chronic elevation in BP.
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A major challenge in reducing the SES gradient in BP is to understand and prevent the SES differences in obesity, which are particularly large in women. Future research should be directed to this question.
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