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    The relative importance of socioeconomic indicators in explaining differences in BMI and waist:hip ratio, and the mediating effect of work control, dietary patterns and physical activity

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    Socioeconomic differences in overweight are well documented, but most studies have only used one or two indicators of socioeconomic position. The aim of this study was to explore the relative importance of indicators of socioeconomic position (occupation, education and 30 income) in explaining variation in body mass index (BMI) and waist/hip ratio (WHR), and the mediating effect of work control and lifestyle factors (dietary patterns, smoking and physical activity). The Oslo Health Study, a cross sectional study, was carried out in 2000-2001, Oslo, Norway. Our sample included 9235 adult working Oslo citizens, who attended a health examination and filled in two complementary food frequency questionnaires with less 35 than 20 % missing responses to food items. Four dietary patterns were identified through factor analyses and named ‘modern’, ‘Western’, ‘traditional’ and ‘sweet’. In multivariate models, BMI and WHR were inversely associated with education (p<0•001/p<0•001) and occupation (p=0•002/p<0•001), whereas there were no significant associations with income or the work control question. The ‘modern’ (p<0•001) and the ‘sweet’ (p<0•001) dietary patterns 40 and physical activity level (p<0•001) were inversely associated, while the ‘Western’ dietary pattern was positively associated (p<0•001), with both BMI and WHR. These lifestyle factors could not fully explain the socioeconomic differences in BMI or WHR. However, together with socioeconomic factors, they explained more of the variation in WHR among men (21%) than among women (7%).
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    Date
    2010
    Author
    Mosdøl, Annhild
    Kjøllesdal, Marte Råberg
    Holmboe-Ottesen, Gerd
    Wandel, Margareta
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