Educational health disparities in hypertension and diabetes mellitus among African descent populations in the Caribbean and the USA: a comparative analysis from the Spanish town cohort (Jamaica) and the Jackson heart study (USA).
Aurelian BidulescuTrevor S FergusonIan HambletonNovie Younger-ColemanDamian FrancisNadia BennettMichael GriswoldErvin FoxMarlene MacLeishRainford WilksE Nigel HarrisLouis W SullivanPublished in: International journal for equity in health (2017)
In Jamaica, educational disparities were largely explained by age, sex and BMI, while in the USA these disparities were larger and persisted after accounting these variables.