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Kirschbaum TK, Sudharsanan N, Manne-Goehler J, De Neve JW, Lemp JM, Theilmann M, Marcus ME, Ebert C, Chen S, Yoosefi M, Sibai AM, Rouhifard M, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Mayige MT, Martins JS, Lunet N, Jorgensen JMA, Houehanou C, Geldsetzer P
Journal of the America College of Cardiology, vol. 80(8), 2022, pp. 804-817

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.044

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TK, K., N, S., J, M.-G., JW, D. N., JM, L., M, T., … P, G. (2022). The Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of the America College of Cardiology, 80(8), 804–817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.044

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TK, Kirschbaum, Sudharsanan N, Manne-Goehler J, De Neve JW, Lemp JM, Theilmann M, Marcus ME, et al. “The Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of the America College of Cardiology 80, no. 8 (2022): 804–817.

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TK, Kirschbaum, et al. “The Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Journal of the America College of Cardiology, vol. 80, no. 8, 2022, pp. 804–17, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.044.

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@article{kirschbaum2022a,
  title = {The Association of Socioeconomic Status With Hypertension in 76 Low- and Middle-Income Countries},
  year = {2022},
  issue = {8},
  journal = {Journal of the America College of Cardiology},
  pages = {804-817},
  volume = {80},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.044},
  author = {TK, Kirschbaum and N, Sudharsanan and J, Manne-Goehler and JW, De Neve and JM, Lemp and M, Theilmann and ME, Marcus and C, Ebert and S, Chen and M, Yoosefi and AM, Sibai and M, Rouhifard and S, Saeedi Moghaddam and MT, Mayige and JS, Martins and N, Lunet and JMA, Jorgensen and C, Houehanou and P, Geldsetzer}
}

Abstract

Background: Effective equity-focused health policy for hypertension in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires an understanding of the condition’s current socioeconomic gradients and how these are likely to change in the future as countries develop economically.

Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to determine how hypertension prevalence in LMICs varies by individuals’ education and household wealth, and how these socioeconomic gradients in hypertension prevalence are associated with a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.

Methods: We pooled nationally representative household survey data from 76 LMICs. We disaggregated hypertension prevalence by education and household wealth quintile, and used regression analyses to adjust for age and sex.

Results: We included 1,211,386 participants in the analysis. Pooling across all countries, hypertension prevalence tended to be similar between education groups and household wealth quintiles. The only world region with a clear positive association of hypertension with education or household wealth quintile was Southeast Asia. Countries with a lower GDP per capita had, on average, a more positive association of hypertension with education and household wealth quintile than countries with a higher GDP per capita, especially in rural areas and among men.

Conclusions: Differences in hypertension prevalence between socioeconomic groups were generally small, with even the least educated and least wealthy groups having a substantial hypertension prevalence. Our cross-sectional interaction analyses of GDP per capita with the socioeconomic gradients of hypertension suggest that hypertension may increasingly affect adults in the lowest socioeconomic groups as LMICs develop economically.