Education is the independent predictor for prevalence of hypertension but not income and occupation in a 22-year cohort from Thailand.
Prin Vathesatogkit*, Sukit Yamwong*, Nongnuj Unkurapinun§, Piyamitr Sritara*, Supachai Tanomsup* *Cardiology division, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand§Medical and Health Office, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand. Background:Lower socioeconomic status associates with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular outcome. Among traditional cardiovascular risk factors, hypertension seems to be the readily modifiable factor. We perform an…
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