Educational characteristic of Iranian patients with coronary artery disease

A socio-biological explanation for social disparities in non-communicable chronic diseases: the product of history?

“…This sexually dimorphic pattern of social disparities in IHD, obesity and/or lipids, but not diabetes, in the first few generations to experience economic development has been observed in a recent study from a developing population,142 where the generally protective effect of social advantage was obscured for these risk factors in men. Similarly, there are many studies from long-term developed countries showing a usually unexplained or weaker social gradient for men than women in obesity, lipids and IHD,15 16 39 40 with particularly marked differences in disparities by sex for populations at an earlier stage of economic development or with a shorter history of economic development 38 41. Finally, the implication of this conceptualisation is that higher IHD mortality in men is partly an epidemiologically stage-specific product of growth in an economically developed environment.…”

Obesity in relation to gender, educational levels and living area in adult population in Rasht, northern Iran

“…Available data indicate that Iranian women are remarkably more prone to obesity and metabolic syndrome than men [5]. Some data suggest that coronary artery disease is more common in less educated women but it is not related to educational level in men in Iran [6]. There is however, less information on overweight and obesity prevalences across socioeconomic groups in Iran.…”

Overweight among rural girls in Iran: A terrifying prospects of cardiometabolic disorders

“…It should be noted that obesity complications including coronary artery disease, are highly common among Iranian women, especially in low social groups [15]. The present study highlights the importance of overweight as a public health problem in this rural population in Iran, and indicates that it is necessary to adopt preventive strategies to combat the epidemic of overweight not only in urban populations but also in rural populations.…”