151. Sex differences in the relationship between socioeconomic status ans hypertension in France: results from a cross-sectional analysis of the Constances cohort
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Neufcourt, Lola, Deguen, Séverine, Zins, M., Grimaud, Olivier, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP), Recherche en Pharmaco-épidémiologie et Recours aux Soins (REPERES), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP), Cohortes épidémiologiques en population (CONSTANCES), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Paris Descartes - Faculté de Médecine (UPD5 Médecine), and Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)
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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Hypertension ,Socioeconomic status ,Constances cohort ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,France - Abstract
International audience; Background There is ample evidence that hypertension prevalence increases when socioeconomic status (SES) decreases. However, sex differences in this relationship has been less studied. Investigating potential sex differences could help understand the mechanisms of social health disparities. The aim of this work was to explore the pattern of associations between several indicators of SES and hypertension across sexes in a large sample of French adults.Methods In this cross-sectional analysis, participants are adults aged between 18 and 69 years old recruited to the CONSTANCES cohort over the period 2012–2015 in 16 recruitment centers. SES was estimated using education (individual level), income (household level) and an indicator of residential socioeconomic deprivation, FDep (municipal level). Log-binomial and Poisson regressions with robust variance estimations were used to estimate the Risk Ratios (RR) comparing the extreme levels of SES and to test for interaction of sex in the associations between SES and hypertension prevalence.Results A total of 62,247 individuals (53% women, mean age 48±13 years) were included. Age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 30.1% [95%CI=29.7–30.6], higher in men (37.3% [95%CI=36.6–38.0]) than in women (23.2% [95%CI=22.7–23.8]).Globally, we found steep socioeconomic gradients of hypertension in both genders. Education showed the strongest association with hypertension prevalence, especially among women (p for interaction between sex and education
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- 2019