Ángel A López-González1, Miquel Bennasar-Veny2, Pedro Tauler3, Antoni Aguilo3, Matias Tomàs-Salvà1, Aina Yáñez4. 1. Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Servicio Balear de Salud, Illes Balears, Palma, España. 2. Grupo de Investigación «Evidencia, estilos de vida y salud», Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, España. Electronic address: miquel.bennasar@uib.es. 3. Grupo de Investigación «Evidencia, estilos de vida y salud», Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, España. 4. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Palma (IDISPA), Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria de les Illes Balears, Palma, España.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the cardiovascular risk factors in a working population in the Balearic Islands and to examine whether differences by social class vary according to age and gender. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of active workers aged 20-65 years in the Balearic Islands. The participants were included in the study during their annual work health assessment in 2011. The following variables were collected: occupation, social class, age, gender, height, weight, smoking, blood pressure, lipid profile, and glucose levels. Cardiovascular risk was calculated using two different equations (Framingham and REGICOR). RESULTS: Differences by social class were observed for most cardiovascular risk factors. The pattern of these differences differed depending on age group and gender. Differences in obesity by social class increased with age in women but decreased in men. More differences in hypertension by social class were found among women than among men, with differences increasing with age in both genders. Significant differences by social class were found among women in lipid profile, and these differences increased with age, mainly for low levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol. CONCLUSIONS: Inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors by social class were higher among women than among men. Some cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking and obesity showed significant inequalities from a very early age.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the cardiovascular risk factors in a working population in the Balearic Islands and to examine whether differences by social class vary according to age and gender. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of active workers aged 20-65 years in the Balearic Islands. The participants were included in the study during their annual work health assessment in 2011. The following variables were collected: occupation, social class, age, gender, height, weight, smoking, blood pressure, lipid profile, and glucose levels. Cardiovascular risk was calculated using two different equations (Framingham and REGICOR). RESULTS: Differences by social class were observed for most cardiovascular risk factors. The pattern of these differences differed depending on age group and gender. Differences in obesity by social class increased with age in women but decreased in men. More differences in hypertension by social class were found among women than among men, with differences increasing with age in both genders. Significant differences by social class were found among women in lipid profile, and these differences increased with age, mainly for low levels of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol. CONCLUSIONS: Inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors by social class were higher among women than among men. Some cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking and obesity showed significant inequalities from a very early age.
Keywords:
Cardiovascular diseases; Clase social; Desigualdades sociales; Diferencias por sexo; Enfermedades cardiovasculares; Inequalities; Sex differences; Social class
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