Income-based inequalities in risk factors of NCDs and inequities of preventive care services amongst 202,682 adults: a cross-sectional study of South Asia Biobank
These findings indicate the need to address and mitigate income-based inequalities in diet-related risk factors of NCDs and underscore the need of policies directed at mitigating NCDs risk exposure and achieving improved and equitable access to healthcare.
Authors
- Rajendra Pradeepa
- Søren Brage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-7355)
- Manuja Kaluarachchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-8310)
- John C. Chambers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0209-4541)
- Zoey Verdun
- Lathika Athauda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-0880)
- Marie Chiew Shia Loh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3626-8466)
- Nalinda Tharanga Wellappuli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6934-2226)
- Fahmida Akter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9294-265X)
- Manoja Gamage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-7029)
- Marisa Miraldo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5772-7740)
- Petya Atanasova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6822-4487)
- Vasudevan Sudha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1382-0609)
- Nita G. Forouhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5041-248X)
- Md Mokbul Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-4776)
- Franco Sassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-2117)
- Anuradhani Kasturiratne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-2394)
- Prasad Katulanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-7528)
- Ian Goon
- Akansha Tyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5725-4552)
- Gary Frost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-6325)
- Thomas Burgoine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6936-3801)
- Bernardo Andretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9308-8675)
- Malay Kanti Mridha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9226-457X)
- Abu Ahmed Shamim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7071-8558)
- Sajjad Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1513-5293)
- Vinitaa Jha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7247-5492)
- Ranjit Mohan Anjana
- Ali Ahsan
- Sara Mahmood
- Khadija Irfan Khawaja
Institutions
- Services Institute of Medical Sciences (PK)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- University of Kelaniya (LK)
- Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PK)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (IN)
- Devereux (US)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- BRAC University (BD)
- University of Colombo (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04308-3
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.29
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Newcastle University
- Monash University