Socio-economic status and behavioural and cardiovascular risk factors in Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional survey.

Background: Risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) are negatively correlated with socio-economic status (SES) in high-income countries (HIC) but there has been little research on their distribution by household SES within low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Considering the limited data from LMICs, this paper examines the association between behavioural and cardiovascular risk factors and household SES in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Methods: Reported here are results of 671 participants from the 900 randomly selected adults aged 15-65 years.

Prevalence of non-communicable disease risk factors in three sites across Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a culturally, environmentally and ethnically diverse country of 7.3 million people experiencing rapid economic development and social change. Such development is typically associated with an increase in non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors.