Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and cross-sectional associations with obesity and urinary biomarkers of diet among New York City adults: the heart follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether neighbourhood socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and biomarkers of diet (urinary sodium and potassium excretion).

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

The data reported were from the 2010 Heart Follow-up Study, a population-based representative survey of 1645 adults.

Participants

Community-dwelling diverse residents of New York City nested within 128 neighbourhoods (zip codes).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

BMI (kg/m²) and WC (inches) were measured during in-home visits, and 24-hour urine sample was collected to measure biomarkers of diet: sodium (mg/day) and potassium (mg/day), with high sodium and low potassium indicative of worse diet quali

SUBMITTER: Elfassy T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778292 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature