Dear all,

I believe that cardiovascular disease of low income persons are not merely
caused by low income itself.  It is interesting that, from my own
observation, low income Chinese are consuming much alcohol and cigarette
than others.  This may be a main cause of cardiovascular disease in low
income Chinese rather than low income itself.  Further, since alcohol and
cigarette consumption are highly cost, low income persons may intend to
consume low price (may be low quality) alcohol and cigarette.  I wonder if
low quality alcohol and cigarette are closer related with cardiovascular
disease than high quality one.  In addition, stress on living expenses may
be another main cause of cardiovascular disease.

These are only my own opinion, and I think that it can only be proved by
collecting research information.

Sok Han Leong
Student of Master of Public Health
University of New South Wales
Australia

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> ----- Original Message -----
> 寄件者: Nicholas Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
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> 傳送日期: 2001年9月4日 PM 10:20
> 主旨: cardiovascular disease: risk factors
>
>
> > Dear Dr Raphael,
> >
> > In a recent letter to the list you suggest that broad economic and
social
> > conditions are major determinants of cardiovascular disease. For
example,
> > you mention that social exclusion is the means by which low income
causes
> > cardiovascular disease. Do you mean that broad economic and social
> > conditions are simply surrogates - at a population level - for
> > already-recognised 'biomedical' risk factors for cardiovascular disease,
> > e.g. smoking? Has anyone estimated how much of the 'risk' in low income
/
> > social exclusion can be put down to smoking, diet, etc - the 'known'
> > biomedical risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
> >
> > Nick Simpson, MPH student
> > UNSW, Australia
> >
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