TY - JOUR
T1 - Body Mass Index and Subjective Social Status
T2 - The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
AU - Dhurandhar, Emily J.
AU - Pavela, Gregory
AU - Kaiser, Kathryn A.
AU - Dutton, Gareth R.
AU - Fontaine, Kevin R.
AU - Kim, Daniel
AU - Shikany, James M.
AU - Allison, David B.
AU - Lewis, Cora E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Obesity Society.
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Objective: Subjective social status (SSS), or perceived social status, may explain, in part, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity. The objective of this study was to test whether SSS mediates the relationship between two indicators of SES (income and education) and body mass index (BMI). Methods: A cross-sectional, structural equation path analysis was applied to the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (n = 2,624). The analysis tested whether SSS (MacArthur scale), education, and income were associated with BMI at the year 20 examination (adjusting for sex, age, and race), and it was hypothesized that the associations of education and income with BMI would be at least partly mediated by SSS. Results: SSS had a significant direct effect on BMI (−0.21, P = 0.018). Education had a significant direct relationship with SSS (0.11, P < 0.001) and a small but significant indirect relationship with BMI through SSS (−0.02, P = 0.022). Although income did not have a significant direct relationship with BMI, it did have a significant indirect relationship through SSS (b = −0.05, P = 0.019). Conclusions: Results are consistent with the hypothesized model in which SSS partially mediates the relationship between SES indicators and BMI.
AB - Objective: Subjective social status (SSS), or perceived social status, may explain, in part, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity. The objective of this study was to test whether SSS mediates the relationship between two indicators of SES (income and education) and body mass index (BMI). Methods: A cross-sectional, structural equation path analysis was applied to the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study (n = 2,624). The analysis tested whether SSS (MacArthur scale), education, and income were associated with BMI at the year 20 examination (adjusting for sex, age, and race), and it was hypothesized that the associations of education and income with BMI would be at least partly mediated by SSS. Results: SSS had a significant direct effect on BMI (−0.21, P = 0.018). Education had a significant direct relationship with SSS (0.11, P < 0.001) and a small but significant indirect relationship with BMI through SSS (−0.02, P = 0.022). Although income did not have a significant direct relationship with BMI, it did have a significant indirect relationship through SSS (b = −0.05, P = 0.019). Conclusions: Results are consistent with the hypothesized model in which SSS partially mediates the relationship between SES indicators and BMI.
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U2 - 10.1002/oby.22047
DO - 10.1002/oby.22047
M3 - Article
C2 - 29280341
AN - SCOPUS:85040830630
SN - 1930-7381
VL - 26
SP - 426
EP - 431
JO - Obesity
JF - Obesity
IS - 2
ER -