Association between socioeconomic status and diet quality in Mexican men and women: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Examining the potential differences in diet quality among socioeconomic status (SES) subgroups in Mexican adults may help to explain SES disparities in the burden of non-communicable diseases. We determined the association between SES, gender and diet quality among Mexican adults. We analyzed data from adults participating in the subsample with dietary information from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (n = 2,400), and developed the Mexican Diet Quality Index based on the Mexican Dietary Guidelines. We tested the interaction between sex and SES indicators using multivariable linear regression models. Sex was not a modifier; therefore, the analyses were carried out in the overall sample of men and women. The mean age was 42 (SE = 0.4) years, the total diet quality score

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Olmedo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6808430 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature