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Article: Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study
Title | Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study |
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Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ |
Citation | Bmc Public Health, 2008, v. 8 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background. The male excess risk of premature ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality may be partially due to an unknown macro-environmental influence associated with economic development. We examined whether excess male risk of IHD mortality was higher with birth in an economically developed environment. Methods. We used multivariable logistic regression in a population-based case-control study of all adult deaths in Hong Kong Chinese in 1998 to compare sex differences in IHD mortality (1,189 deaths in men, 1,035 deaths in women and 20,842 controls) between Hong Kong residents born in economically developed Hong Kong or in contemporaneously undeveloped Guangdong province in China. Results. Younger (35-64 years) native-born Hong Kong men had a higher risk of IHD death than such women (odds ratio 2.91, 95% confidence interval 1.66 to 5.13), adjusted for age, socio-economic status and lifestyle. There was no such sex difference in Hong Kong residents who had migrated from Guangdong. There were no sex differences in pneumonia deaths by birth place. Conclusion. Most of these people migrated as young adults; we speculate that environmentally mediated differences in pubertal maturation (when the male disadvantage in lipids and fat patterning emerges) may contribute to excess male premature IHD mortality in developed environments. © 2008 Schooling et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/57377 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.253 |
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dc.contributor.author | Schooling, CM | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Ho, SY | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Mak, KH | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Leung, GM | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-12T01:34:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-12T01:34:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Bmc Public Health, 2008, v. 8 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/57377 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background. The male excess risk of premature ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality may be partially due to an unknown macro-environmental influence associated with economic development. We examined whether excess male risk of IHD mortality was higher with birth in an economically developed environment. Methods. We used multivariable logistic regression in a population-based case-control study of all adult deaths in Hong Kong Chinese in 1998 to compare sex differences in IHD mortality (1,189 deaths in men, 1,035 deaths in women and 20,842 controls) between Hong Kong residents born in economically developed Hong Kong or in contemporaneously undeveloped Guangdong province in China. Results. Younger (35-64 years) native-born Hong Kong men had a higher risk of IHD death than such women (odds ratio 2.91, 95% confidence interval 1.66 to 5.13), adjusted for age, socio-economic status and lifestyle. There was no such sex difference in Hong Kong residents who had migrated from Guangdong. There were no sex differences in pneumonia deaths by birth place. Conclusion. Most of these people migrated as young adults; we speculate that environmentally mediated differences in pubertal maturation (when the male disadvantage in lipids and fat patterning emerges) may contribute to excess male premature IHD mortality in developed environments. © 2008 Schooling et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Public Health | en_HK |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.rights | B M C Public Health. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd. | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Case-Control Studies | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Emigration and Immigration | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Myocardial Ischemia - economics - etiology - mortality | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Puberty - physiology | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Socioeconomic Factors | en_HK |
dc.title | Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Schooling, CM:cms1@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Ho, SY:syho@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Leung, GM:gmleung@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Schooling, CM=rp00504 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Ho, SY=rp00427 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Leung, GM=rp00460 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_HK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2458-8-32 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18221504 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC2245924 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-39149124463 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 140709 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-39149124463&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000253422700001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Schooling, CM=12808565000 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lam, TH=7202522876 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ho, SY=7403716884 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Mak, KH=8623141300 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Leung, GM=7007159841 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 2313589 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1471-2458 | - |