Does lower birth order amplify the association between high socioeconomic status and central adiposity in young adult Filipino males?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the hypothesis that lower birth order amplifies the positive association between socioeconomic status and central adiposity in young adult males from a lower income, developing country context.

Design

The Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey is an ongoing community-based, observational study of a 1-year birth cohort (1983).

Subjects

970 young adult males, mean age 21.5 years (2005).

Measurements

Central adiposity measured by waist circumference; birth order; perinatal maternal characteristics including height, arm fat area, age and smoking behavior; socioeconomic status at birth and in young adulthood.

Results

Lower birth order was associated with higher waist circumference and increased odds of high waist circumference, even

SUBMITTER: Dahly DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2908417 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature