Influence of individual life course and neighbourhood socioeconomic position on dietary intake in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

African Americans, especially those in the Southeastern USA, have different dietary behaviours from the general US population, and have the highest prevalence, incidence and mortality of diet-related disease outcomes, such as cardiovascular disease. However, there are scant data regarding factors such as socioeconomic position (SEP) across the life course that influence dietary behaviours in this high-risk population. Our aim was to examine the impact of life course and neighbourhood SEPs on dietary intake among African Americans.

Participants and setting

Data for this cross-sectional analysis came from the community-based Jackson Heart Study (JHS). We analysed a total of 3948 JHS participants (mean age: 55.4±12.5; 63.9% women), who had complete dietary intake and

SUBMITTER: Gao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature