Associations of Historical Redlining With BMI and Waist Circumference in Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Historical maps of racialized evaluation of mortgage lending risk (i.e., redlined neighborhoods) have been linked to adverse health outcomes. Little research has examined whether living in historically redlined neighborhoods is associated with obesity, differentially by race or gender.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study to examine whether living in historically redlined neighborhoods is associated with BMI and waist circumference among Black and White adults in 1985-1986. Participants' addresses were linked to the 1930s Home Owners' Loan Corporation maps that evaluated mortgage lending risk across neighborhoods. The authors used multilevel linear regression models clustered on Census tract, adjusted for confounders to estimate main effects, and stratified,

SUBMITTER: Richardson AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10999814 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature