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

Gugulethu Moyo, Esteban Montenegro-Montenegro, Zachary Stickley, Abdulkadir Egal, Wilna Oldewage-Theron

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Abstract

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).

Original languageEnglish
Article number12825
JournalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume18
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2021

Keywords

  • Children
  • Diet quality
  • Disparities
  • Health
  • Non-communicable
  • Socioeconomic

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