Geomatics, Epidemiology and BioStatistics: An Application to Acute Coronary Syndrome

Niyonsenga, Théophile; Courteau, Josiane; Dean, C. B.; Hemiari, Abbas; Bénié, G.B.; Vanasse, Alain

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-33236-7_19

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“…SES was grouped into tertiles for the present research, but due to the lack of significant variation between the low and middle SES tertiles, they were combined into one ‘low SES’ group to be compared with the high-SES group. This method of comparing a section of the population at one end of the deprivation scale with the rest of the population is supported by previous studies investigating epidemiology of health outcomes, geographical trends and relationships with deprivation indices ( 29 , 30 ) . For the present research, the high-SES group was referred to as ‘advantaged’ and the rest of the population was referred to as ‘disadvantaged’.…”

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confidence: 69%