Cardiovascular disease concentrates on the rich in India, with limited evidence for a shift towards the poor, highlighting the social transition of CVD in low- and middle-income countries.
The commentary emphasizes the need to address the social transition and burden of cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries.
Accepted 18 March 2013A critical question for public health is whether, inlow- and middle-income countries (LMIC), theincreasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD)concentrates more on the advantaged or on the dis-advantaged sections of society, and how this socialpatterning of CVD changes over time. Subramanianand colleagues argue that CVD concentrates on therich in India, with limited evidence for the occurrenceof a shift towards the poor.
Stringhini et al. (Thu,) conducted a editorial in Cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease concentrates on the rich in India, with limited evidence for a shift towards the poor, highlighting the social transition of CVD in low- and middle-income countries.