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Background: We investigated whether low socioeconomic status (SES), which is associated with reduced health and life expectancy, might play a role in increased risk for infectious diseases. Therefore, we explored the association between SES and immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels against various pathogens. Methods: We analyzed the association between SES [educational level and net household income (NHI)] and serum IgG concentration against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB), pneumococcus, meningococcus serogroup C (MenC), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) collected withi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Joske Hoes
Anna G. C. Boef
Mirjam J. Knol
Hester E. de Melker
Liesbeth Mollema
Fiona R. M. van der Klis
Nynke Y. Rots
Debbie van Baarle
Dokumenttyp: Image
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Mental Health Nursing / Midwifery / Nursing not elsewhere classified / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health / Aged Health Care / Care for Disabled / Community Child Health / Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety / Epidemiology / Family Care / Health and Community Services / Health Care Administration / Health Counselling / Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance) / Health Promotion / Preventive Medicine / Primary Health Care / Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified / Nanotoxicology / Health and Safety / Medicine / Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy / vaccine preventable diseases / immunoglobulin G / socioeconomic status / antibody level / cytomegalovirus
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29174872
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00209.s004

Background: We investigated whether low socioeconomic status (SES), which is associated with reduced health and life expectancy, might play a role in increased risk for infectious diseases. Therefore, we explored the association between SES and immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels against various pathogens. Methods: We analyzed the association between SES [educational level and net household income (NHI)] and serum IgG concentration against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB), pneumococcus, meningococcus serogroup C (MenC), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) collected within a national cross-sectional serosurvey (2006/2007) using linear regression analyses among non-vaccinated individuals. Results: Higher educational level was associated with higher IgG concentrations against measles (GMC ratio 1.34, 95% CI 1.18–1.53) and rubella (1.13, 1.02–1.25) compared to low education level. In contrast, higher education level was associated with lower IgG concentrations against pneumococcus (0.78, 0.70–0.88), MenC (0.54, 0.44–0.68), and CMV (0.23, 0.18–0.31) compared to low education level. This pattern was also evident when NHI was used as SES indicator. Conclusion: Our study suggests that socioeconomic status is associated with antibody levels in a pathogen-dependent manner. The results suggest that differences in serological response upon infection or differences in exposure might be involved in the variation in IgG levels between SES groups.