Neighborhood deprivation and biomarkers of health in Britain: the mediating role of the physical environment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neighborhood deprivation has been consistently linked to poor individual health outcomes; however, studies exploring the mechanisms involved in this association are scarce. The objective of this study was to investigate whether objective measures of the physical environment mediate the association between neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and biomarkers of health in Britain.

Methods

We linked individual-level biomarker data from Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Survey (2010-2012) to neighborhood-level data from different governmental sources. Our outcome variables were forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV₁%; n=16,347), systolic blood pressure (SBP; n=16,846), body mass index (BMI; n=19,417), and levels of C-reactive protein (CRP

SUBMITTER: Chaparro MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6020450 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature