Role of depressive symptoms in explaining socioeconomic status disparities in dietary quality and central adiposity among US adults: A structural equation modeling approach

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1084-1095

  Beydoun, May A ^a,b   Fanelli Kuczmarski, Marie T ^c   Mason, Marc A ^d   Ling, Shari M ^b   Evans, Michele K ^b   Zonderman, Alan B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMINAL FAT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 70349783097     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27782     Document Type: Article

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