The Social Gap Index and the prevalence of osteoarthritis in the community: a cross-sectional multilevel study in Mexico

• Published in: Clinical rheumatology Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 175 - 182
• Main Authors: Rodriguez-Amado, Jacqueline, Moreno-Montoya, Jose, Alvarez-Nemegyei, Jose, Goycochea-Robles, Maria Victoria, Sanin, Luz Helena, Burgos-Vargas, Ruben, Cardiel, Mario Humberto, Garza-Elizondo, Mario Alberto, Maradiaga, Marco, Pelaez-Ballestas, Ingris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Chronic Pain - etiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mexico - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Multilevel Analysis; Musculoskeletal Pain - etiology; Odds Ratio; Original Article; Osteoarthritis - epidemiology; Pain Measurement; Prevalence; Rheumatology; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Multilevel analysis; Epidemiology; Health inequity; Osteoarthritis

Multilevel studies have gained importance for highlighting social inequalities in health. These associations have been reported previously in diseases such as arthritis and chronic pain. We conducted a cross-sectional study using multilevel analysis to identify individual and contextual factors asso...