Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Program

Epidemiology

Content Description

1 online resource (ix, 149 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

David S Strogatz

Committee Members

Recai Yucel, Lisa Chasan-Taber

Keywords

BMI, diabetes, lifecourse, race, socioeconomic, Body mass index, Diabetes, Obesity, Poor

Subject Categories

Epidemiology | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

Few studies have analyzed the effect of lifecourse socioeconomic position (LSEP) on racial disparities in body mass index (BMI) trajectories and Diabetes. Four waves of the Americans' Changing Lives study (1986-2002) were used to compute BMI trajectories and diabetes prevalence for 3497 Black and White participants. Multivariate associations of LSEP variables (father's education, perceived childhood SEP, education, income, wealth and financial stress) with baseline BMI and BMI change were assessed using mixed models. We also evaluated whether disparate LSEP predictors are influential in Blacks as compared to Whites. Finally we evaluated the presence of latent, pathway and cumulative models of LSEP influence on Diabetes using nested models with generalized estimating equations.

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