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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries
American Heart Journal, Volume 166, No. 4, Year 2013
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Background The PURE study was established to investigate associations between social, behavioural, genetic, and environmental factors and cardiovascular diseases in 17 countries. In this analysis we compare the age, sex, urban/rural, mortality, and educational profiles of the PURE participants to national statistics. Methods PURE employed a community-based sampling and recruitment strategy where urban and rural communities were selected within countries. Within communities, representative samples of adults aged 35 to 70 years and their household members (n = 424,921) were invited for participation. Results The PURE household population compared to national statistics had more women (sex ratio 95.1 men per 100 women vs 100.3) and was older (33.1 years vs 27.3), although age had a positive linear relationship between the two data sources (Pearson's r = 0.92). PURE was 59.3% urban compared to an average of 63.1% in participating countries. The distribution of education was less than 7% different for each category, although PURE households typically had higher levels of education. For example, 37.8% of PURE household members had completed secondary education compared to 31.3% in the national data. Age-adjusted annual mortality rates showed positive correlation for men (r = 0.91) and women (r = 0.92) but were lower in PURE compared to national statistics (7.9 per 1000 vs 8.7 for men; 6.7 vs 8.1 for women). Conclusions These findings indicate that modest differences exist between the PURE household population and national data for the indicators studied. These differences, however, are unlikely to have much influence on exposure-disease associations derived in PURE. Further, incidence estimates from PURE, stratified according to sex and/or urban/rural location will enable valid comparisons of the relative rates of various cardiovascular outcomes across countries. © 2013, Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Corsi, Daniel J.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
United States, Cambridge
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Subramanian, Sankaran Venkata
United States, Boston
Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health
Chow, Clara Kayei
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Australia, Sydney
George Institute for Global Health
McKee, Martin J.
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chifamba, Jephat
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Dagenais, Gilles R.
Canada, Quebec
Université Laval
Díaz, Rafaël J.
Argentina, Rosario
Estudios Clínicos Latinoamérica
Iqbal, Romaina
Pakistan, Karachi
The Aga Khan University
Kelishadi, Roya
Iran, Isfahan
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Kruger, Annamarie J.
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Lanas, Fernando T.
Chile, Temuco
Universidad de la Frontera
López-Jaramilo, Patricio
Colombia, Bucaramanga
Universidad de Santander
Mony, Prem Kumar
India, Bengaluru
St. John's Research Institute
Mohan, Viswanathan Krishna
India, Chennai
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Avezum, Álvaro Jr
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
Oǧuz, Aytekin
Turkey, Istanbul
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Rahman, Omar
Bangladesh, Dhaka
Independent University, Bangladesh
Rosengren, Annika H.
Sweden, Gothenburg
Göteborgs Universitet
Szuba, Andrzej
Poland, Warsaw
Maria Sklodowska-curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Li, Wei
China, Beijing
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Yusoff, Khalid
Malaysia, Shah Alam
Universiti Teknologi Mara
Yusufali, Afzal Hussein
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Dubai Health Authority
Rangarajan, Sumathy
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Teo, Koonkang
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Yusuf, Salim N.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Islam, Shofiqul M.Touhidul
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Zhang, Meilin
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Kabali, Conrad B.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Dehghan, Mahshid
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Xiong, J.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Mente, Andrew
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
DeJesus, Jane
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Mackie, Pam
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Madhavan, Manisha
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Farago, L.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Michael, J.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Kay, I.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Zafar, Shamsa M.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Williams, Donna
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Solano, R.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Solano, N.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Farago, M.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Rimac, J.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Trottier, Sylvie
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
ElSheikh, Wala
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Mustaha, Maha
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Kaszyca, J.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
Hrnic, R.
Canada, Hamilton
Hamilton Health Sciences
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Statistics
Citations: 111
Authors: 195
Affiliations: 23
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.019
ISSN:
00028703
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female