The Global Cardiovascular Risk Transition Associations of Four Metabolic Risk Factors with National Income, Urbanization, and Western Diet in 1980 and 2008

Danaei G., Singh G. M., Paciorek C. J., Lin J. K., Cowan M. J., Finucane M. M., ...More

CIRCULATION, vol.127, no.14, pp.1493-1510, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 127 Issue: 14
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1161/circulationaha.113.001470
  • Journal Name: CIRCULATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1493-1510
  • Keywords: blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, epidemiology, obesity, BODY-MASS INDEX, CHRONIC DISEASES, NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES, SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS, BLOOD-PRESSURE, HEALTH, TRENDS, PREVENTION, MORTALITY, COUNTRY
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background-It is commonly assumed that cardiovascular disease risk factors are associated with affluence and Westernization. We investigated the associations of body mass index (BMI), fasting plasma glucose, systolic blood pressure, and serum total cholesterol with national income, Western diet, and, for BMI, urbanization in 1980 and 2008.