title: Early and current socio-economic position and cardiometabolic risk factors in the Indian Migration Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is to estimate the associations of early and current socio-economic position (SEP) on adult cardiometabolic risk factors in the Indian Migration Study (N = 7,067).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Linear mixed models were used to estimate associations between early and current SEP and cardiometabolic risk factors: systolic blood pressure (SBP), body fat and Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA) score. In males, high current SEP was associated with higher SBP. In both genders, high early and current SEP were associated with higher body fat, current SEP dominating the associations. High early SEP was associated with higher HOMA score in males only, and the effect size halved after adjustment for current SEP. High current SEP was associated with higher HOMA score more strongly in males than in females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Higher SEP, more importantly in adulthood than childhood, was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in an Indian population. The relationship between SEP over the life course and urbanization should be considered in the Indian context when public health interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease are planned.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sovio
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giambartolomei
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinra
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dudbridge
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nitsch
authors.forename: George Davey
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Shah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebrahim
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ben-Shlomo
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity / Q000208:ethnology; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000208:ethnology; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014504:Urban Health; D014507:Urbanization