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Rural, urban and migrant differences in non-communicable disease risk-factors in middle income countries : a cross-sectional study of WHO-SAGE data

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Oyebode, Oyinlola, Pape, Utz J., Laverty, Anthony A., Lee, John T., Bhan, Nandita and Millett, Christopher (2015) Rural, urban and migrant differences in non-communicable disease risk-factors in middle income countries : a cross-sectional study of WHO-SAGE data. PLoS One, 10 (4). e0122747. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122747

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Abstract

Migrants and urban dwellers had similar NCD risk-factor profiles. These were not consistently worse than those seen in rural dwellers. The variable impact of urbanisation on NCD risk must be considered in the design and evaluation of strategies to reduce the growing burden of NCDs globally.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Chronic diseases
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS One
Publisher: Public Library of Science
ISSN: 1932-6203
Official Date: 7 April 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
7 April 2015Published
13 February 2015Accepted
2014Submitted
Volume: 10
Number: 4
Article Number: e0122747
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122747
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: National Institute on Aging (NIA), World Health Organization (WHO), Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Wellcome Trust (London, England)
Grant number: 084674/Z/08/Z (WT), 084754/Z/08/A (WT)

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