TY - JOUR AU - Pednekar, Mangesh S AB - 276 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association International Journal of Epidemiology 2014;43:276–278 The Author 2014; all rights reserved. Re: Jumping the gun: the problematic discourse on socioeconomic status and cardiovascular health in India 1 1 From PRAKASH C GUPTA and MANGESH S PEDNEKAR * Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Navi Mumbai, India *Corresponding author. Healis-Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, 601/B Great Eastern Chambers, Plot No. 28, Sector 11, CBD-Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Email: pednekarmangesh@rediffmail.com We read the paper on socioeconomic status and car- burden of all-cause mortality and of CVD in the two diovascular health in India by Subramanian et al. in groups. Figure 1 shows the age distribution in two this journal with interest. We were rather perplexed groups for deaths due to all causes, CVD, IHD and by the tone of the statements and certainty of the stroke. As one would expect, the burden of all-cause conclusion in the paper. To quote ‘... the proportion mortality in the lower education group was greater of CVD related cause was found to be greatest among than in the higher education group at all ages. It is higher SES TI - Re: Jumping the gun: the problematic discourse on socioeconomic status and cardiovascular health in India JO - International Journal of Epidemiology DO - 10.1093/ije/dyt244 DA - 2014-02-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/re-jumping-the-gun-the-problematic-discourse-on-socioeconomic-status-uB6SBzEdvh SP - 276 EP - 278 VL - 43 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -