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Body Mass Index and Subjective Social Status: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Subjective social status (SSS), or perceived social status, may explain, in part, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity. The objective of this study was to test whether SSS mediates the relationship between two indicators of SES (income and education) and body mass index (BMI). METHODS:A cross-sectional, structural equation path analysis was applied to the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (n?=?2,624). The analysis tested whether SSS (MacArthur scale), education, and income were associated with BMI at the year 20 examination (adjusting for sex, age, and race), and it was hypothesized that the associations of education and income with BMI would be at least partly mediated by SSS. RESULTS:SSS had a significant direct effect on BMI (-0.21, P?=?0.018). Education had a significant direct relationship with SSS (0.11, P?

SUBMITTER: Dhurandhar EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5783753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Body Mass Index and Subjective Social Status: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.

Dhurandhar Emily J EJ   Pavela Gregory G   Kaiser Kathryn A KA   Dutton Gareth R GR   Fontaine Kevin R KR   Kim Daniel D   Shikany James M JM   Allison David B DB   Lewis Cora E CE  

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20171227 2


<h4>Objective</h4>Subjective social status (SSS), or perceived social status, may explain, in part, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity. The objective of this study was to test whether SSS mediates the relationship between two indicators of SES (income and education) and body mass index (BMI).<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional, structural equation path analysis was applied to the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (n = 2,624). The analysis  ...[more]

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