title: Socio-economic status and serum lipids: a cross-sectional study in a Chinese urban population.
abstract: Socio-economic status and serum lipids are important factors in the progression of cardiovascular disease. We studied the association between socio-economic status and serum lipids in a Chinese urban population. In all, 4,541 respondents (2,231 men and 2,310 women) between 25-64 years of age participated in a cross-sectional population survey carried out in Tianjin, China, and provided blood samples. Three socio-economic indicators (education, occupation, and income), total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides were determined. People in higher socio-economic groups had a more unfavorable serum lipid profile compared with those in lower socio-economic groups. This significant association was especially apparent in men. Education seemed to be the most important predictor of serum lipids in the three socio-economic indicators. The direction of the association between high socio-economic status and poor serum lipid profiles appears to be opposite to those observed in the developed countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Zhijie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Aulikki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nissinen
authors.forename: Erkki
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vartiainen
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Huiguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Zeyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol