Neighborhood socioeconomic status predictors of physical activity through young to middle adulthood: the CARDIA study.

ABSTRACT: Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is related to a wide range of health outcomes, but existing research is dominated by cross-sectional study designs, which are particularly vulnerable to bias by unmeasured characteristics related to both residential location decisions and health-related outcomes. Further, little is known about the mechanisms by which neighborhood SES might influence health. Therefore, we estimated longitudinal relationships between neighborhood SES and physical activity (PA), a theorized mediator of the neighborhood SES-health association. We used data from four years of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (n = 5115, 18-30 years at baseline, 1985-1986), a cohort of U.S. young adults followed over 15 years, and a time-varying geographic

SUBMITTER: Boone-Heinonen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3061839 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature