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Prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption by socioeconomic status among six communities in Nicaragua.

Objective. To describe the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors (overweight/obesity, tobacco smoking, and alcohol consumption) and identify correlations between these and sociodemographic characteristics in western and central Nicaragua. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study...

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Published in:Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 217 - 226
Main Authors: Laux, Timothy S., Bert, Philip J., González, Marvin, Unruh, Mark, Aragon, Aurora, Lacourt, Cecilia Torres
Format: Article
Published: World Health Organization Sep2012
Subjects:
Nicaragua
Analysis of variance
Alcohol drinking
Epidemiology
Income
Interviewing
Obesity
Sex distribution
Socioeconomic factors
Cross-sectional method
Confidence intervals
Research funding
Tobacco
Logistic regression analysis
Data analysis
Disease prevalence
Data analysis software
Descriptive statistics
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