Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Financial Stress and Metabolic Abnormalities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial stress is associated with higher prevalence of metabolic abnormalities and cardiovascular disease, but the extent to which this association differs by type of metabolic abnormalities or gender is unclear.

Objectives

The study aims were (a) to examine the association between financial stress and the prevalence of common metabolic abnormalities and (b) to test the association for gender differences.

Methods

A cross-sectional secondary analysis was conducted using data from the Retirement and Sleep Trajectories study, an ancillary study of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study. Composite indicator structural equation alpha modeling with a stacking approach was applied in the data analysis.

Results

After controlling for covariates, financial stress

SUBMITTER: Kuo WC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106736 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature