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Socioeconomic position in young adulthood is associated with BMI in Australian families

Author(s) -

Katrina J. Scurrah,

Anne Kavanagh,

Rebecca Bentley,

Lukar Thornton,

Stephen Harrap

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv107

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , young adult , demography , epidemiology , environmental health , public health , body mass index , medicine , position (finance) , gerontology , psychology , sociology , population , nursing , finance , pathology , economics

Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) disease risk, but the relative importance of SEP in childhood and adulthood, and of changes in SEP between these two life stages, remains unclear. Studies of families may help clarify these issues. We aimed to assess whether SEP in young adulthood, or change in SEP from childhood to young adulthood, was associated with five continuously measured CV risk factors.

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