Low socioeconomic status, insulin resistance, asthma, and depression: A syndemic framework in Brazilian adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescence is a critical developmental stage during which environmental, metabolic, and psychosocial factors co-occur and may interact, influencing health and creating a syndemic context that remains insufficiently explored.

Objective

We analyzed a syndemic model, considering socioeconomic determinants and metabolic risk associated with asthma and depression in adolescents.

Methods

This population-based study (n = 2515) utilized data from the RPS Brazilian Consortium Cohorts at follow-up of 18-19 years in São Luís, Brazil. A theoretical model analyzed the association among socioeconomic determinants, metabolic risk, asthma, and depression using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Low Socioeconomic Status was a distal determinant. The metabolic risk include

SUBMITTER: Falcao AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12926274 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature