Social inequalities in BMI trajectories: 8-year follow-up of the Pro-Saude study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a cohort of government employees in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, we investigated prospectively, sex-specific associations between education and BMI trajectories and their potential effect modification by race.

Design

Of the 4030 participants in Phase 1 (1999), 3253 (81 %) participated in Phase 2 (2003) and 3058 (76 %) participated in Phase 3 (2006). Education was categorized as elementary, high school or college graduate. Study participants self-identified as White, Black or Pardo. BMI was calculated from measured weight and height. BMI trajectories were modelled using a generalized additive regression model with mixed effects (GAMM).

Setting

The Pro-Saúde Study, a longitudinal investigation of social determinants of health.

Subjects

Women (n 1441) and

SUBMITTER: Chor D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4642226 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature