A systematic review of associations between non-communicable diseases and socioeconomic status within low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Conclusions: Only 17 of the 84 LLMICs were represented, highlighting the need for more research on NCDs within these countries. The majority of studies were medium to high quality cross-sectional studies. When we restricted our analyses to high quality studies only, for both cancer and cardiovascular disease more than half of studies found a significantly higher risk for those of lower SES. The opposite was true for diabetes, whilst there was a paucity of high quality research on chronic respiratory disease. Development programmes must consider health alongside other aims and NCD prevention interventions must target all members of the population. Systematic review registration number: Prospero: CRD42015020169. PMID: 30140435 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cancer Control - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: J Glob Health Source Type: research