Sílvia Fraga1, Pedro Marques-Vidal2, Peter Vollenweider3, Gérard Waeber3, Idris Guessous4, Fred Paccaud2, Henrique Barros5, Silvia Stringhini2. 1. EPIUnit- Institute of Public Health - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: silfraga@med.up.pt. 2. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. 3. Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, CHUV and Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland. 4. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Unit of Population Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. 5. EPIUnit- Institute of Public Health - University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and inflammatory markers using two different European population samples. METHODS: We used data from the CoLaus (N=6412, Lausanne, Switzerland) and EPIPorto (N=1205, Porto, Portugal) studies. Education and occupational position were used as indicators of socioeconomic status (SES). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was available for both cohorts. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were available in CoLaus; leukocyte count and fibrinogen in EPIPorto. RESULTS: We showed that low SES was significantly associated with high inflammation in both studies. We also showed that behavioural factors contributed the most to SES differences in inflammation. In both studies the larger difference between the lowest and the highest SES was observed for hs-CRP. In the Swiss sample, a linear association between education and hs-CRP persisted after adjustment for all mediating factors and confounders considered (p for linear trend <0.001). CONCLUSION: Large social differences exist in inflammatory activity, in part independently from demographic and behavioural factors, chronic conditions and medication use. SES differences in inflammation are also similar in countries with different underlying socioeconomic conditions.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and inflammatory markers using two different European population samples. METHODS: We used data from the CoLaus (N=6412, Lausanne, Switzerland) and EPIPorto (N=1205, Porto, Portugal) studies. Education and occupational position were used as indicators of socioeconomic status (SES). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was available for both cohorts. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were available in CoLaus; leukocyte count and fibrinogen in EPIPorto. RESULTS: We showed that low SES was significantly associated with high inflammation in both studies. We also showed that behavioural factors contributed the most to SES differences in inflammation. In both studies the larger difference between the lowest and the highest SES was observed for hs-CRP. In the Swiss sample, a linear association between education and hs-CRP persisted after adjustment for all mediating factors and confounders considered (p for linear trend <0.001). CONCLUSION: Large social differences exist in inflammatory activity, in part independently from demographic and behavioural factors, chronic conditions and medication use. SES differences in inflammation are also similar in countries with different underlying socioeconomic conditions.
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