Kinra, Sanjay; Andersen, Elisabeth; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Bowen, Liza; Lyngdoh, Tanica; Prabhakaran, Dorairaj; Reddy, Kolli Srinath; Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy; Bharathi, Ankalmadagu; Vaz, Mario; +4 more... Kurpad, Anura; Smith, George Davey; Ebrahim, Shah; Indian Migration Study Group; (2011) Association between urban life-years and cardiometabolic risk: the Indian migration study. American journal of epidemiology, 174 (2). pp. 154-164. ISSN 0002-9262 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwr053
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Abstract
Urban living is associated with an increase in cardiometabolic risks, but the speed at which these risks are accrued over time is unknown. Using a cross-sectional sibling-pair design, the authors surveyed migrant factory workers and their spouses from 4 cities in India together with their rural-dwelling siblings and examined the associations between urban life-years and cardiometabolic risk factors. Data on 4,221 participants (39% women; mean age = 41 years) were available (2005-2007). In regression models, a 2-slope pattern for body fat (with a marked shift at 10 years) was found, whereas a common slope could be accepted for other risk factors. In men, the regression coefficients (per decade of urban life) were 2.5% in the first decade and 0.1% thereafter for body fat; 1.4 mm Hg for systolic blood pressure; and 7% for fasting insulin. Age, gender, marital status, household structure, and occupation did not influence the patterns appreciably; however, stronger gradients for adiposity were noted in migrants from lower socioeconomic positions. The findings suggest that body fat increases rapidly when one first moves to an urban environment, whereas other cardiometabolic risk factors evolve gradually. Public health interventions focused on the control of obesity in newer migrants to urban areas, particularly those from lower socioeconomic positions, may be beneficial.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology |
Research Centre | Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) |
PubMed ID | 21622949 |
ISI | 292778600005 |
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