Neighborhood Profiles and Body Mass Index Trajectory in Female Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to identify distinct neighborhood profiles patterned by key structural, physical, and social characteristics and test whether living in different profiles are associated with body mass index trajectories during adolescence in racial/ethnic minority female youth.

Methods

Participants were 1,328 sexually active female adolescents and young adults aged 14-23 years, predominately Hispanic and black, enrolled in an human papillomavirus type 4 vaccine (Gardasil) surveillance study at a large adolescent health clinic in New York City between 2007 and 2018. Body mass index was calculated from weight and height every 6 months. A comprehensive set of neighborhood structural, social, and physical characteristics from multiple national and state data

SUBMITTER: Niu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature