Food insecurity status and mortality among adults in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity is associated with a wide array of negative health outcomes and higher health care costs but there has been no population-based study of the association of food insecurity and mortality in high-income countries.

Methods

We use cross-sectional population surveys linked to encoded health administrative data. The sample is 90,368 adults, living in Ontario and respondents in the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). The outcome of interest is all-cause mortality at any time after the interview and within four years of the interview. The primary variable of interest is food insecurity status, with individuals classed as "food secure", "marginally food insecure", "moderately food insecure", or "severely food insecure". We use logistic regression model

SUBMITTER: Gundersen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6133286 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature