Occupation, education, and income as socioeconomic indicators in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in the urban African.
A yardstick is needed for measuring the medical consequences of socioeconomic change in developing countries. Education, income, and a newly developed occupation index were studied in urban African males in relation to six coronary artery disease risk factors. Occupation was the status indicator best known to a man's family, correlated best with the risk factors, and was not age dependent.
D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004522:Educational Status; D006262:Health; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014504:Urban Health; D015030:Zimbabwe