TY - JOUR
T1 - A structural equation modelling approach to examine the relationship between socioeconomic status, diet quality and dyslipidaemia in South African children and adolescents, 6–18 years
AU - Moyo, Gugulethu
AU - Montenegro-Montenegro, Esteban
AU - Stickley, Zachary
AU - Egal, Abdulkadir
AU - Oldewage-Theron, Wilna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - This study utilised a structural equation model to examine the relationship between diet quality, socioeconomic status, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in South African learners. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the indirect effects model for diet, socioeconomic sta-tus, diet quality and cardiovascular risk using pre-existing cross-sectional data. The structural equation model was fit using Lavaan version 0.6–5 in R version 3.6.1. Data were analysed from 178 children and adolescents, aged 6–18 years, from five rural schools in Cofimvaba, South Africa. Latent variables were created for dietary quality, dyslipidaemia and the socioeconomic status of partici-pants. A negative association was observed between socioeconomic status and dyslipidaemia in school-aged children (p = 0.029).
AB - This study utilised a structural equation model to examine the relationship between diet quality, socioeconomic status, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in South African learners. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the indirect effects model for diet, socioeconomic sta-tus, diet quality and cardiovascular risk using pre-existing cross-sectional data. The structural equation model was fit using Lavaan version 0.6–5 in R version 3.6.1. Data were analysed from 178 children and adolescents, aged 6–18 years, from five rural schools in Cofimvaba, South Africa. Latent variables were created for dietary quality, dyslipidaemia and the socioeconomic status of partici-pants. A negative association was observed between socioeconomic status and dyslipidaemia in school-aged children (p = 0.029).
KW - Children
KW - Diet quality
KW - Disparities
KW - Health
KW - Non-communicable
KW - Socioeconomic
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph182312825
DO - 10.3390/ijerph182312825
M3 - Article
C2 - 34886551
AN - SCOPUS:85120613611
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 23
M1 - 12825
ER -